Aspects of the interrelationship between the infected host and the pathogenic agent

• Published in: Annales de biologie clinique (Paris) Vol. 41; no. 6; p. 397
• Main Author: Clumeck, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: France 1983
• Subjects: Antibodies, Bacterial - immunology; Bacterial Infections - immunology; Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Gram-Negative Bacteria - pathogenicity; Gram-Positive Bacteria - pathogenicity; Humans; Sepsis - physiopathology; Virulence

The severity of an infection is related to the disequilibrium in the complex relationship between the infected host and the pathogenic agent. The bacterial factors include the size of the inoculum, the pathogenicity and particular virulence of certain strains which, because of their antigenic struct...