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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To sketch: A scenario that gastroenteritis is now the more common outcome of Salmonella infection, and not typhoid fever.

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Gastrointestinal tract is responsible for ingestion and digestion of food, absorption of nutrients and elimination of waste. Alimentary canal is the passage through which food passes in our body. It includes mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus.

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