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Pathogenic strains that have become resistant to antimicrobial drugs are found in which of the following genera?
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Staphylococcus, Mycobacterium, enterococcus
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Which of the following microbes would not be contracted via eating?
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Streptococcus pyogenes
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Group B Strep is a special problem for which age group?
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Newborns
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The cells pictured:
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Lack cell walls, are pleomorphic, and have sterol in their membranes
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How does Staph aureus invade into tissues to cause infection in the human body?
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S. aureus produces an enxyme that dissolves hyaluronic acid and thus enables it to pass between the cells
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Which of the following molecules is associated with the ability of Staph aureus to evade phagocytosis
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Protein A
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of mycoplasmas
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Cytochromes
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Of the following, which can survive the harshest conditions?
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Staphylococcus
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Following treatment with a broad-spectrum antibiotic, an opportunistic intestinal infection caused by _____ can develop
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Clostridium difficile
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Which is a bile-tolerant anaerobe?
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Bacteroides
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The pathogen Haemophilus influenza b causes
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Meningitis in children
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Which of the following is not a designation for an external antigen of enteric bacteria
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C
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Which bacterium causes infections in many burn victims?
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Pseudomonas aeruginnosa
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Which of the following statements is true?
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PID can result from Neisseria infection
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Which of the following bacteria might be responsible for the formation of petechiae
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Neisseria meningitidis
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All of the following are molecules associated with the outer membrane of the family enterobacteriaceae except
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H-antigen
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Which of these microorganisms causes a sexually transmitted disease?
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Haemophilus ducreyi
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Which of the following organisms is a gram negative cocci that causes significant disease in humans?
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Neisseria
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Which of the following statements is true of Q fever?
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For many years, its cause was questionable
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A coliform bacterium that contaminates dairy products is
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Enterobacter
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Which of the following diseases is typically mild
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Cat scratch fever
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Why are antibiotics generally not used to treat diarrheal diseases caused by enteric bacteria?
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Most cases of diarrhea are self-limiting
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Which of the following bacterial cells is most likely to be virulent?
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A cell with fimbrae, lipooligosaccharide, and polysaccharide capsule
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All of the following are members of te family enterobacteriaceae except
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Pseudomonas
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The lipid A endotoxinfound in the lipopolysaccharide layer of gram negative bacteria may cause DIC. DIC ________
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Affects the formation of blood clots in the host