How does having type I diabetes predispose an individual to fungal infections?
A) Diabetics often have trauma to their feet and hands due to neuropathy.
B) High sugar levels cause the body to break down protein and so the blood pH becomes acidic.
C) High sugar levels can impair humoral immunity and the function of the white blood cells.
D) All of the above.
Question 2
The indicator reaction (what is actually measured) in Oliver-Rosalki is:
a. Adenylate kinase.
b. Pyruvate kinase.
c. Lactate dehydrogenase.
d. The reduction of NADP+.
Fungal Pathogens
Comparison of Type 1 Diabetes to Type 2 Diabetes
Sample prescriptions of drugs for oral fungal infections.
Severe periodontitis in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes.
Differences in brain metabolism in the brain of an unaffected individual (upper) and a schizophrenic
Type III curve. Mortality is highest early in life. Data for a desert shrub (Cleome droserifolia).