Foundations in Microbiology

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ISBN: 9781259705212

Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Name the most important human pathogens in the genus Streptococcus.

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Foundations in Microbiology

Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 1ELO Ch. 18.1 - Describe the ability of S. aureus to withstand...Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 3ELO Ch. 18.1 - Summarize the cutaneous, systemic, and toxigenic...Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 5ELO Ch. 18.1 - Explain strategies used to prevent and treat...Ch. 18.1 - Prob. 1CYP Ch. 18.1 - Discuss why food intoxication in salty foods, such...Ch. 18.1 - Explain how unbroken skin, the phagocytic action...Ch. 18.1 - List the strategies commonly used to prevent and...

Ch. 18.1 - Explain the meanings of the acronyms MRSA, VRE,...Ch. 18.2 - Name the most important human pathogens in the...Ch. 18.2 - Summarize the virulence factors of S. pyogenes, as...Ch. 18.2 - Prob. 9ELO Ch. 18.2 - Explain strategies used to prevent and treat...Ch. 18.2 - Relate the pathogenesis and epidemiology of S....Ch. 18.2 - List the clinically significant pathogens in the...Ch. 18.2 - Describe the immediate effects and long-term...Ch. 18.2 - Prob. 8CYP Ch. 18.2 - Differentiate between pneumococcal disease...Ch. 18.3 - Name the most important human pathogens in the...Ch. 18.3 - Compare the differences in pathologies of N....Ch. 18.3 - Summarize the pathogenesis and epidemiology of N....Ch. 18.3 - Recall the medically important genera, besides...Ch. 18.3 - Describe the epidemiology and pathology of N....Ch. 18.3 - List the short-term and long-term consequences of...Ch. 18.3 - Prob. 12CYP Ch. 18.L1 - Which of the following is/are a pyogenic...Ch. 18.L1 - The coagulase text is used primarily to...Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 3MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - The most severe streptococcal diseases are caused...Ch. 18.L1 - 5. Rheumatic fever damages the _______, and...Ch. 18.L1 - ______ hemolysis is the partial lysis of red blood...Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 7MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - Which of the following strains of pathogens has...Ch. 18.L1 - Otitis media is a/an _______ infection often...Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 10MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 11MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 12MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 13MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - Which infectious agent of those covered in the...Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 15MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 16MCQ Ch. 18.L1 - The first step in the clinical diagnosis of...Ch. 18.L1 - Vaccination can provide protection against N....Ch. 18.L1 - In this case, the first step taken to treat...Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 1WC Ch. 18.L1 - What conditions favor staph food poisoning?Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 3WC Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 4WC Ch. 18.L1 - Discuss the apparent pathology at work in...Ch. 18.L1 - Prob. 6WC Ch. 18.L1 - a. Compare and contrast the characteristics of...Ch. 18.L2 - You have been handed the problem of diagnosing...Ch. 18.L2 - You have been called upon to prevent outbreaks of...Ch. 18.L2 - Prob. 3CT Ch. 18.L2 - Prob. 4CT Ch. 18.L2 - Prob. 5CT Ch. 18.L2 - Prob. 6CT Ch. 18.L2 - Prob. 1VC Ch. 18.L2 - Prob. 2VC

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