defects in surface defences

Last reviewed 01/2018

DEFENCE: DISORDERED INFECTIVE FUNCTION WITH: COMPLICATION:

• skin, mucous burns Pseud. aeruginosa membranes Staph. aureus Candida ablicans

• desquamation, neurogenic E. coli lacrimation, bladder Proteus spp urination

• bronchial Kartagener's Chest infections mucillary syndrome, Smoking ie Haem. influenzae ladder

• normal broad-spectrum C. albicans bacterial antibiotics flora

Ref: Cohen J. (1993). Medicine International, 21(1), 14.