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 15.3, Problem 6AYP
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The main principle behind biochemical testing, and identify an example of such tests.
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There are certain tests conducted on microbes based on utilization of nutrients by microbes. These biochemical tests include “
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Ch. 15.1 - Prob. 1AYPCh. 15.1 - Provide a one-sentence description for each of...Ch. 15.2 - Identify factors that may affect the...Ch. 15.2 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 15.2 - NCLEX PREX 1. An RN is training a new staff nurse...Ch. 15.2 - NCLEX PREX 2. A clinical form used to report data...Ch. 15.3 - List at least three different tests that fall in...Ch. 15.3 - Prob. 6AYPCh. 15.3 - Discuss two major drawbacks of phenotypic testing...Ch. 15.3 - Q. What technique in this chapter do most home...
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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