Foodborne Microbial Pathogens Mechanisms and Pathogenesis
Foodborne Microbial Pathogens: Mechanisms and Pathogenesis is the first textbook of its kind, and will serve as a valuable resource not only for food microbiology graduate or undergraduate students but can be used as a desk reference for medical microbiol
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Terminology
Definition
Achlorhydria Adenitis Akinetic mute Ataxia
Reduced or absence of hydrochloric acid from the gastric juice Inflammation of a gland A state in which a person is not able to move or make sounds. Defective muscular coordination caused by BSE, Tetanus, Botulism Generation of new capillary blood vessels or of vascularisation of a tissue Reduction in the size of a cell, tissue, or organ Slow heart rate – below 60 beats per min A Staphylococcal skin infection (by S. aureus or Yersinia pestis) characterized by tender pea sized red nodule and it may ooze pus. Intracellular proteolytic enzymes of animal cells or tissues, such as cathepsin B, a lysosomal thiol proteinase, cathepsin C, dipeptidyl peptidase, cathepsin D, that has pepsin like specificity, cathepsin G, similar to chymotrypsin, cathepsin H, that has aminopeptidase activity, cathepsin N, that acts on N terminal peptides of collagen. An acute pus forming inflammation of the deep subcutaneous tissues and sometimes muscle, which may be associated with abscess formation Inflammation of gall bladder Loss of myelin sheath on nerve cell with intact axons or fibre tracts. Demyelination of the peripheral nervous system seen with Guillain-Barre syndrome Fluid accumulation and swelling Dimethylethyl (3-hydroxyphenyl) ammonium chloride, anti cholinesterase drug, a competitive antagonist of skeleatal muscle relaxants Boil (painful red skin swelling) It is a sialic acid containing oligosaccharide covalently attached to ceramide lipid on the epithelial cell A rare genetic disorder (disease) that results in the over abundance of iron in the body tissues The abnormal increase in cell numbers in tissue Inflammation of lymph nodes
Angiogenesis Atrophy Bradycardia Carbuncle Cathepsin
Cellulitis
Cholecystitis Demyelination
Edema Edrophonium chloride Furuncle Ganglioside Hemochromatosis Hyperplasia Lymphadenitis
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Glossary Terminology
Definition
Lysostaphin
A mixture of three proteolytic enzymes produced by Staphylococcus epidermidis and two of which lyse bacterial cell wall A diseased condition or state, the incidence of a diseases in a population The death rate. The ratio of the total number of deaths to the total population Muscle pain Necrosis of muscle- caused by alpha toxin producing Clostridium perfringens A mass of tissue bulges or projects outwards resulting from granuloma formation Falling or dropping down of an internal organ like – uterus or rectum Presence and persistence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood during systemic disease The excessive rapid heartbeats - usually above 100 per minute A sense of incomplete evacuation of bowel with rectal pain – associated with bacillary dysentery A completely synthetic chemical compound which inhibits microbial growth and it is believed to be resistant to environmental degradation
Morbidity Mortality Myalgia Myonecrosis Polyps Prolapse Septicemia Tachycardia Tenesmus Xenobiotic
Index
A A-B type toxins, 102–104 Accessory colonization factor (ACF), 243, 245, 251 Acid t
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