Readings
| Topics | Readings |
|---|---|
| Bacterial Anatomy - Review | Prescott Chapter 3 or Brock Chapter 4 Casadevall and Pirofski (2000) Host-pathogen interactions: basic concepts of microbial commensalism, colonization and disease. Infection and Immunity 68: 6511-6518. |
| How do bacteria attach to host cells? | |
| How do bacteria survive inside host cells? | |
| Evading the host immune system | |
| Persister bacteria | |
| Bacterium-to-bacterium communication | |
| Role of biofilms in disease | |
| Type III secretion | |
| Salmonella - it's what they eat! | |
| Role of phage in pathogenesis | |
| Bordetella pertussis | |
| Clostridium difficile | |
| Tuberculosis |