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Disease: Gonorrhea
Adhesion Mechanism: Fimbriae attach to genital epithelium |
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D: Diarrhia
AM: Well-developed fimbrial adhesin |
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D: Dysentry
AM: Fimbria can attach to intestinal epithelium |
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D: Cholera
AM: Glycocalyx anchors microbe to intestinal epithelium |
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D: Syphillis
AM: Tapered hook embeds in host cell |
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D: Pneumonia
AM: Specialized tip at ends of bacteria fuse tightly to lung epithelium |
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D: Burn, lung infections
AM: Fimbriae and slime layer |
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| Streptococcus mutans, S. sobrinus |
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D: Dental caries
AM: Dextran slime layer glues cocci to tooth surface |
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D: Influenza
AM: Viral spikes react with receptor on respiratory surface |
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D: Polio
AM: Capsid proteins attach to receptors on susceptible cells |
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D: AIDS
AM: Viral spikes adhere to white blood cell receptors |
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| Giardia lamblia (protozoan) |
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D: Giardiasis
AM: Small suction disc on underside attaches to intestinal surface |
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D: African and S.American trypanosomiasis
AM: Flagellum is needed to penetrate and stay alive |
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