Help to prepare for an exam.... - Help to prepare for an exam.... (Mar/13/2005 )

There are two parts:

1. A child comes into your ER crying, with a fever, stiff neck, and you suspect bacterial menegitis. List and describle each step in sequence that you would use to decide within antibiotic to use and how much?

2. You prick your finger with a rose thorn and microogranisms are introduced. Explain how these non-specific immune resposes act to protect you from pathogens.

1. Phagocytosis
2. Complement (against bacteria)
3. Interferon (against viruses)

ANy help would be greatly appreciated.

hi!

there's an (inofficial) sister forum at

www.biology-online.org/biology-forum

where such "textbook/exam" problems are discussed more often and answered quicker then here, maybe you will want to post your question there, too...

mike