Microbiology with Diseases by Body System, Books a la Carte Edition (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321943682
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 22, Problem 2CT
An elderly man is admitted to the hospital with severe pneumonia, from which he eventually dies. What bacterial species is the most likely cause of his demise? What antimicrobial drug is effective against this species? How could the man have been protected from infection? Is the hospital staff at significant risk of infection from the man? Which groups of patients would be at risk if the man had visited their rooms before he died?
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