Albi Mantoukian MF4 Host Defence (Archived)
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Albi Mantoukian is a 2 week old boy, brought in by his mother, Salpie. Albi has been doing well by all accounts: he has already exceeded his birth weight, is breast-feeding and sleeping well. Salpie has noticed a white, creamy coating on Albi's tongue and palate, and her mother tells her that this is a yeast infection and is nothing to worry about. Salpie knows that she had a vaginal yeast infection after receiving treatment for a urinary tract infection 2 months before delivery, and suspects that she gave this to her son.
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Objectives
General Objectives
- Understand what a fungus is, and how yeasts differ from molds.
- Understand the role of the innate immune system in preventing and combating infectious diseases.
- Understand the arms of the immune system that prevent mucosal candidiasis.
- Consider the possibility of congenital immunodeficiency.
- Specific arms of the immune system: normal flora, mechanical and chemical defenses, phagocytes, complement, immunoglobulins, cell-mediated immunity and spleen.
- Students should know the differences between the various pathogens (e.g. bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites).
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Archived
Archived
Basic Sciences
Immunology
Microbiology
Cohort Year
2010
Discipline
Microbiology
Pediatrics
MCC Presentations
Oral Conditions
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations
2.6 Understand the process of the dissemination, application, and translation of new health knowledges and practices.
MeSH
Candida [B01.300.381.147]
Candidiasis, Oral [C01.150.703.160.180]
Fungi [B01.300]
Immune System [A15.382]
Immunity, Cellular [G12.450.050.400]
Macrophages [A15.382.812.522]
Mitosporic Fungi [B01.300.381]
Monocytes [A15.382.812.547]
Mouth Mucosa [A14.549.512]
Mycoses [C01.150.703]
Pediatrics [H02.403.670]
T-Lymphocytes [A15.382.490.555.567.569]
Yeasts [B01.300.930]