GEN COMBO LOOSELEAF MICROBIOLOGY:A SYSTEMS APPROACH; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 21, Problem 10MCQ
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacterium causes infection inside the lungs. Alveolar macrophages in lungs are activated which phagocytose these strains of bacteria. It causes fever inside the body with the development of tubercles at the infected sites.
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GEN COMBO LOOSELEAF MICROBIOLOGY:A SYSTEMS APPROACH; CONNECT ACCESS CARD
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