Bacterial toxins are poisonous substances produced by microbes that can cause harm to host cells through direct damage, toxin production, and hypersensitivity reactions. Toxigenesis is a crucial mechanism used by bacterial pathogens to induce disease, with endotoxins and exotoxins playing distinct r

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Toxemia is a systemic condition triggered by toxins from bacteria or tissue injury, not plant or insect toxins. Endotoxemia, caused by LPS cell components of Gram-negative bacteria, leads to severe physiological abnormalities. Etiology involves various toxin types, including exotoxins and enterotoxi

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In microbiology, the host-parasite relationship is crucial for understanding diseases caused by pathogens. This lecture covers definitions of terms like pathogenicity, pathogen, disease, resistance, susceptibility, infection, virulence, and transmissibility. It also delves into the division of host

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