Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.5, Problem 3MM
Summary Introduction

To determine:

The consequences of taking several weeks to confirm a TB diagnosis, as opposed to 90 minutes.

Concept introduction:

The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis and lungs are primarily infected by this bacterium. The TB bacteria can invade the other parts of the body apart from lungs, such as spine and the kidney. Not every person exposed to TB bacteria gets sick. There are two major medical conditions associated with TB bacteria, TB disease and latent TB infection.

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Chapter 15 Solutions

Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach

Ch. 15.3 - NCLEX PREX 3. When determining the clinical...Ch. 15.4 - Define the term serology, and explain the...Ch. 15.4 - Identify two immunological diagnostic techniques...Ch. 15.4 - Prob. 2MMCh. 15.5 - Explain why PCR is useful for infectious disease...Ch. 15.5 - Name two examples of techniques that employ...Ch. 15.5 - Explain how whole-genome sequencing can be used...Ch. 15.5 - Prob. 13AYPCh. 15.5 - Prob. 3MMCh. 15.6 - Describe the benefits of lab on a chip...Ch. 15.6 - Prob. 15AYPCh. 15 - When using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis,...Ch. 15 - Explain why it is possible to identify some...Ch. 15 - Serotyping identifies distinct members of the same...Ch. 15 - Prob. 4QCh. 15 - Name some bacterial structures that might be...Ch. 15 - You perform a lumbar puncture on a patient with...Ch. 15 - Which category of diagnosis is represented by...Ch. 15 - Write a paragraph that explains the mycobacterial...Ch. 15 - You inoculated a biochemical test strip with a...Ch. 15 - Prob. 10QCh. 15 - You perform a Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion test to...Ch. 15 - Why might culture conditions affect the results of...Ch. 15 - Which of the following techniques is most likely...Ch. 15 - Why is it more important to use selective media...Ch. 15 - What type of diagnostic method do you think would...Ch. 15 - T or F: Bacterial infection causes the expression...Ch. 15 - Prob. 17QCh. 15 - Prob. 18QCh. 15 - Prob. 19QCh. 15 - When PCR is performed by hand (not with a...Ch. 15 - What kind of a control would be important to run...
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