MICROBIOLOGY W/ACCESS
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Author: Cowan
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 17.1, Problem 2AYP
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The factors that may affect the identification of an infectious agent from a patient sample.
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Some microbes are pathogenic in nature. They synthesize toxic substances and cause several diseases. Some of the pathogenic bacteria produce toxins, which invade the human nervous system. Clostridium tetani is one such bacterium and causes the disease tetanus.
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