With regards to bacterial infections, be able to describe the mechanisms of infection and proliferation, the pathogenesis of the disease caused, and any coincident conditions needed to affect pathogenicity.
Describe the morphology of Neisseria meningitidis and the characteristics, clinical setting, pathology, methods of diagnosis, and treatment of the infection it causes.
Be able to give the morphology of the genus Clostridium and to list associated diseases, clinical setting, and method of spread.
Define rheumatic fever and lists its associations; describe its clinical appearance, pathogenesis, gross and microscopic pathology, and pathologic consequences.
Describe the morphology of the Actinomycetaceae; be able to discuss their pathogenicity and any factors that increase their pathogenicity.