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.