Microorganisms and Disease
Fatalities following influenza infection are usually due to the

damage to the heart muscle
bacterial superinfection
dehydration
formation of granulomas in the lung

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Microorganisms and Disease
Which of the following is common in the disease caused by Coryne-bacterium diphtheriae and Bacillus anthracis?

The most serious disease symptoms are the direct result of toxin action
Both organisms cause skin and respiratory tract infections
Both organisms are gram-positive spore formers
Diphtheria toxin and edema toxin are ADP ribosylating toxins

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Microorganisms and Disease
Plastic implants can pose a serious nosocomial infection problem because

phagocytes have trouble moving on the plastic surface
All of these
infected implants usually have to be surgically removed
phagocytes have trouble engulfing bacteria embedded in a biofilm

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