Introduction to Bacterial Pathogens

The learning objectives include understanding the impact and diversity of bacterial pathogens and infectious diseases, recognizing infectious disease as a biological and ecological process, understanding the relationship between transmission, infection, colonisation, and disease, and grasping core concepts related to diverse bacterial pathogens.

Antimicrobial resistance is emphasized as a current perspective in the study of bacterial pathogens.

The interactions of bacteria and their hosts are discussed at the environmental, organismal, cellular, and molecular levels.

<p>The different types of bacterial pathogens mentioned include accidental, opportunistic, and obligate pathogens as well as the biochemical and molecular factors that promote or cause disease, known as 'virulence factors'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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