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most common cause rhinorrhea
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-virus
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top four bacterial causes of sore throat
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-strep pyogenes
-corynebacterium diptheriae -neisseria gonorrhoeae -mycoplasma pneumoniae |
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gram + molecules that stimulate acute phase rxn?
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-teichoic acids
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ways bacteria evade/avoid immune system
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-antigenic variation
-phase variation -ag drift -avoid recognition, phag, killing |
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virulence factos
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-genetic traits infectious agents use to enter and remain
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pathogenicity island
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-groups of virulence genes
-physically linked/expressed in coordinate fashion |
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adhesins
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-pili
-p fimbriae -slime/capsular material |
