Pathogenic

... Yes all methods of contact lens disinfection are all just “adequate disinfection of the lenses” and not sterilisation in order to achieve a low pathogenic microbe level which is much lower than is present in the eye normally or even on the cleaned delivery hand or finger. I have to disagree ...

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The innate immune system has many components (located on the cell surface or secreted into plasma, for example), but in general they target such pathogenic antigens/structures that are common to microbes but not present in the host body. This way the receptors that recognize these can be assembled ...

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An important evolutionary direction for pathogens is the move to become less pathogenic. If a parasite kills its host, that is disadvantageous. Thus, parasites that do less harm to the host live longer and reproduce more successfully. This trend, towards less ...

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... as strep throat and pneumonia. Also, staph bacterial infections are gram positive as well that potentially infect humans, and do so often. Of all pathogenic, or disease-causing bacteria that exist, it is the MRSA, the methicillin resistant staff aureus bacteria, that are most concerning to health ...

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short of marneffii, what penicillium, would you have considered pathogenic?

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