Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The main genera of normal biota presently known to occupy the respiratory tract.
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There are a variety of organisms which infect the respiratory tract. These include species of bacteria which grow on the layer of respiratory tract cells and destroy them. It causes formation of mucus and secretions.
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Chapter 21 Solutions
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Ch. 21.1 - Prob. 1AYPCh. 21.1 - Prob. 2AYPCh. 21.2 - Prob. 3AYPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 5AYPCh. 21.3 - Prob. 6AYPCh. 21.4 - Prob. 7AYPCh. 21.4 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 21.4 - Prob. 9AYPCh. 21.4 - Prob. 10AYP
Ch. 21.4 - Plan a response for a situation in which a patient...Ch. 21.4 - Compare and contrast antigenic drift and antigenic...Ch. 21.5 - Prob. 13AYPCh. 21.5 - Prob. 14AYPCh. 21.5 - Prob. 15AYPCh. 21.5 - Prob. 16AYPCh. 21.5 - Prob. 17AYPCh. 21.5 - Prob. 18AYPCh. 21.5 - Prob. 19AYPCh. 21 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 21 - Which is not a characteristic of Streptococcus...Ch. 21 - The common stain used to identify Mycobacterium...Ch. 21 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 21 - Which of the following infections often has a...Ch. 21 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 21 - Prob. 11TFCh. 21 - Prob. 12TFCh. 21 - Prob. 13TFCh. 21 - Prob. 14TFCh. 21 - Prob. 15TFCh. 21 - Prob. 1CTQCh. 21 - Prob. 2CTQCh. 21 - Prob. 3CTQCh. 21 - In an episode of the television show House. Dr....Ch. 21 - Prob. 5CTQCh. 21 - Prob. 1VCCh. 21 - Prob. 1CM
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