Posted: February 16th, 2017

Describe how microbes of a normal flora in the human body can become opportunistic pathogens.

Use the information presented in this module along with additional outside research to answer the questions:

1. Describe how microbes of a normal flora in the human body can become opportunistic pathogens.

1. Describe the three basic approaches used by epidemiologists to study the dynamics of a disease in populations.

1. Discuss Koch’s postulates and its limitations.

1. Describe the necessary steps a microbe must take before it can cause infection and disease.

1. Describe the most common staphylococcal skin infections and its cause.

1. Describe the most common streptococcal skin infections and its cause.

1. Describe the different types of subcutaneous mycoses.

1. Describe the different types of respiratory infections caused by streptococcal species.

1. Discuss the reemergence of TB and MDR-TB.

1. Describe the most common fungal respiratory infections.