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=[[Bacteria - WikiBlood|Bacteria]]=
[[Image:Bacterial structure.png|thumb|right|150px|Bacteria Structure - Wikimedia Commons 2008]]
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==Structure==
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Bacteria offer the immune system a greater range of foreign components with which to be recognized, including:
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*Flagellum
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*Pili
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*Capsule
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*Cellular components: membrane, cell sap containing enzymes, genetic material, cell wall
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==Pathogenesis==
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Bacterial invasion can be either:
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*'''Localized''', such as an '''abscess'''
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*'''Systemic''', such as '''septicemia'''
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Some bacteria also produce toxins:
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*'''Endotoxogenic''': cell wall degradation products (lipopolysaccharide) released into the blood stream, causing toxic shock
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*'''Exotoxogenic''': bacteria produce and secrete toxin (such as tetanus and botulism)
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==Replication==
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The lifespan of bacteria differs from that of viruses in that it includes a '''colonization''' phase, which occurs on epithelial surfaces.  As bacteria are capable of self-replication (i.e. they don't require host cellular machinery), this colonization phase allows them to develop a highly skilled and lethal army before invading the body.  Once invasion occurs, spread can occur via the vascular or lymphatic systems.  The pathogenesis of a particular strain of bacteria very much depends upon its location in the body: "''Streptococcus pneumoniae'' in the lung causes pneumonia...whereas in the blood it causes a rapidly fatal systemic illness, pneumoncoccal sepsis." (Murphy, et al, 43)
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==Immunity to Bacteria==
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*Bacterial evasion of immunity
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**Bacterial capsules can avoid phagocytosis and complement activation
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**Some bacteria are able to survive phagocytosis and evade digestion (such as mycobacterium and ''Leptospira'')
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*[[Innate Immune System - WikiBlood#Innate Immunity to Bacteria|Innate Immunity to Bacteria]]
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*Adaptive Immunity to Bacteria:
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Phagocytosis and digestion are the primary tools of the Immune System to conquering bacterial infection.  These are enhanced by the production of [[Immunoglobulin G - WikiBlood|IgG]] and CD8+ Tcells, as well as by [[Complement - WikiBlood|complement]] activation.
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==Prevention and control==
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'''Antibiotics''' can be used to prevent and control bacterial invasion, replication, and dissemination.
      
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