Focus on sinusitis. Host-microorganism relation.
The author reviews the modern insights in host factors which protect from infection and explains how microorganisms such as Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pyogenes can escape from host-defence mechanisms thus infecting the host.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000276:immunology*; D014774:Virulence; D014780:Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity