Surgical Infections & Host Defenses Quiz
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Which of the following is a host defense mechanism against microbial entry to sterile compartments?

  • Lactoferrin and Transferrin: Iron sequestration (correct)
  • Resident macrophages
  • Complement proteins
  • Cytokine production

    • Which of the following is a proinflammatory cytokine?

  • TNF-BP
  • IL 10
  • TNF (correct)
  • IL 4

    • Which of the following is a host defense mechanism that walls off infections?

  • Diaphragmatic pumping via stomata to thoracic lymphatics
  • Omentum (correct)
  • Fibrinogen/Fibrin trapping
  • Resident macrophages

    • What is the hallmark of chronic infection?

    <p>Presence of purulence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the presence of microorganisms in host tissue or bloodstream?

    <p>Systemic Infection</p> Signup and view all the answers

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