Why do pediatricians refrain from using tetracycline (antibiotic) to treat mycoplasmal infections in children?

Q: People with AIDS are vulnerable to toxoplasmosis caused by theprotozoan Toxoplasma gondii, resulting…

A: The immune system of the body protects the individual from the attack of external pathogens. The…

Q: Once H. capsulatum spores have infected a persons lungs, the spores germinate into the yeastlike…

A: Phagocytosis is a mechanism in which a cell binds to the object it needs to eat on its surface and…

Q: Diagram (draw) the Mycoplasma pneumoniae cell. What cell wall type, if any, does Mycoplasma have?…

A: Diagram of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae cell :

Q: Why does necrotizing fasciitis require immediate surgery?

A: Necrotizing fasciitis is known as flesh eating disease caused by some bacteria mostly affects the…

Q: Why are myxobacteria important in nature?

A: Myxobacteria are gram-negative, rod‐shaped bacterium that is nearly omnipresent within the…

Q: Fungal meningoencephalitis is often the ultimate cause of death for AIDS patients. What factors make…

A: Fungal meningitis is uncommon in the United States. It can evolve after a fungal spreads from…

Q: Why do you think the slow growth rate of M. leprae makes leprosy treatment more difficult?

A: Leprosy (or Hansen’s disease) is caused by the infectious bacteria Mycobacterium leprae. The disease…

Q: Candida Albicans may cause minor infections in healthy people,but causes dangerous infections in…

A: A disease is a state of unhealthiness of the physical body, mind and social interaction. A disease…

Q: Warts are caused by  ___.     a virus     a bacteria     a protozoa     mycoplasma…

A: Disease causing agent are basically pathogen that are known to cause infection and interfere with…

Q: How does simply inhibiting the growth of a fungus eventually lead to curing a dermatophytic…

A: Dermatophyte infections are the infections caused by the filamentous fungal species which belongs to…

Q: Please tell me what is the reservoir, mode of transmission, host, and portal of entry for…

A: Toxoplasma gondii is the parasite responsible for causing toxoplasmosis. Symptoms of toxoplasmosis…

Q: What is Mycosis?

A: Organisms such as molds and yeasts are called fungus. The fungus is categorized as kingdom fungi and…

Q: Why do mycoplasmas need to have stronger cytoplasmicmembranes than other bacteria?

A: Mycoplasma belongs to the genus of bacteria that lacks a property of cell wall around that surround…

Q: After drinking raw milk a woman developed fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.  Instead of…

A: Guillain-Barré syndrome is a devastating neurological condition that affects a small number of…

Q: what are the signs and symptoms of an active infection in a wound

A: The immune system of the body is responsible for fighting the infections in the body and providing…

Q: What does Plasmodium falciparum do to the body?

A: Plasmodium falciparum is a unicellular protozoan parasite of humans. It cause severe malaria which…

Q: What medical conditions commonly predispose patients to mycoticinfection?

A: Fungi are the multicellular eukaryotic organisms. They are heterotrophs and contain chitin in their…

Q: Why is the skin not always a favorable microenvironment for colonization by bacteria?

A: Bacteria  can be defined as the single-cell organisms that are neither plants nor animals.

Q: Why are healthy individuals in hospitals not considered to be as much at risk for infections by…

A: Superbugs are the microorganisms which can be Bactria, viruses or fungi, which develop resistance…

Q: What is the possible role of the axostyle in the pathogenesis of trich?

A: Ans: The Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of one of the most common sexually transmitted…

Q: wound infection during puerperium 1. gape episiotomy 2. caeserean section

A: The postpartum period is the period immediately after the delivery of the child. The mother's body…

Q: Name two types of mycelia.

A: The thallus or vegetative part of a fungus made of a mass or network of thread like tubes i.e hyphae…

Q: What conditions may cause a false positive test for phagocytic engulfment? How could these factors…

A: Phagocytosis is a cellular event that is essential for the clearance of dead cells from the system…

Q: Why are Staphylococcus species so numerous onskin?

A: Bacteria belong to the prokaryotes and are one of the oldest living organisms on the planet. There…

Q: How does a person contract warts?

A: Common warts are also called verruca vulgaris.

Q: Where mycoplasmas occur and give their nutrition and reproduction process?

A: Mycoplasma found the various form that can be M. pneumonia, M. hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum,…

Q: Which key feature of the bacterium Bacillus anthracisallows this organism to persist for extended…

A: Bacillus anthracis belongs to the genus Bacillus and is an obligate pathogen. It is a known agent of…

Q: "Fungal infections are more difficult to treat compared to bacterial infection"- Briefly explain…

A: Infection takes place once a microorganism enters the body and causes disease. Infections can be…

Q: In what ways is rubella different from red measles?

A: Both Rubella and measles are known to share common symptoms like a red rash but differ a lot.…

Q: Which body systems are affected by mycoplasma infection?

A: Mycoplasma is a genus of bacteria. The cell wall is not found around the cell membranes of…

Q: How are normal skin microbiota beneficial to the host?

A: Normal flora is the term which is used for the organisms which reside on the host via mutualism,…

Q: Tissue invasion is relatively slow and tends to stimulate granuloma formation: A. Acanthamoeba…

A: Acanthamoeba is a free-living protist pathogen, capable of causing a blinding keratitis and fatal…

Q: What do you mean by mycoplasma?

A: Bacteria are the prokaryotic microscopic organisms that can survive in diverse environments. These…

Q: What is Subcutaneous mycoses?

A: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms. Mushrooms, yeasts, molds all these microorganisms come under fungi.…

Q: Direct contact with pathogenic microorganisms is the most common cause of hospital-acquired…

A: Hospital-acquired infection These are the type of infections that are acquired in a hospital and the…

Q: What is Plasmodium falciparum?

A: Protozoans are single celled eukaryotic organisms. They can be free living or parasitic, which feed…

Q: What do you know about subcutaneous mycoses? explain any one fungus with clinical features and…

A: Fungi are eukaryotic organisms. Fungi include yeast, mould, and mushroom belong to a wide kingdom.…

Q: How Plasmodium falciparum disease cause?

A: Introduction  Plasmodium falciparum belongs to the protozoa. It is unicellular protozoa which causes…

Q: Why are staphylococci well suited for the colonization of skin?

A: Staphylococcus is a gram positive bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic single-celled prokaryotes that…

Q: What is the economic importance of mycoplasma?

A: Mycoplasma found the various form that can be M. pneumonia, M. hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum,…

Q: Why are fungal infections of the lungs potentially life-threatening?

A: Fungal spores in the air, soil or clinical surroundings cause fungal infections of the lungs (fungal…

Q: interferes with the normal pigmentation and the lesions are lighter in colour than the surrounding…

A: Fungi and bacteria are responsible for many disease conditions that can be halted by understanding…

Q: explanation on how bacteria mycobacterium ulcerans must be present in a person suffering from…

A: Bacteria are microscopic organisms which belong to prokaryote because these are unicellular…

Q: Trypanosoma transported by Trichocysts used for Desyntery caused by

A: According to our company policy, we are supposed to answer only first three parts of the question.…

Q: Why would normal flora cause some infections to be more severe and other infections to be less…

A: Normal flora of the micro organisms that live on another living organism without causing a disease.…