21. Principles of Disease

Toxigenic microbes produce _______. A high ID₅₀ would suggest _______, and a low LD₅₀ would suggest _______.

Label acetylcholine. Color the sites of action of botulism toxin on a nerve cell.

How does mycotoxicosis differ from mycetismus?

Describe how hemolysins, leukocidins, coagulase, kinases, hyaluronidase, siderophores, and IgA proteases might contribute to pathogenicity.

Define mycotoxin. Give an example of a mycotoxin.

The term endotoxin is synonymous with:

Explain the different actions of pyogenic and pyrogenic toxins.