Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 22.L1, Problem 4MCQ
True pathogenic
a. are transmissible from person to person
b. cause primary pulmonary infections
c. are endemic to specific geographic areas
d. both b and c
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Foundations in Microbiology
Ch. 22.1 - Prob. 1ELOCh. 22.1 - Prob. 2ELOCh. 22.1 - Prob. 3ELOCh. 22.1 - List the most important antifungal defenses found...Ch. 22.1 - Prob. 5ELOCh. 22.1 - Prob. 1CYPCh. 22.1 - Prob. 2CYPCh. 22.1 - Prob. 3CYPCh. 22.1 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 22.1 - Prob. 5CYP
Ch. 22.1 - Prob. 6CYPCh. 22.1 - Prob. 7CYPCh. 22.2 - Prob. 6ELOCh. 22.2 - Prob. 7ELOCh. 22.2 - Prob. 8ELOCh. 22.2 - Understand the means by which infections with...Ch. 22.2 - Differentiate between systemic, subcutaneous,...Ch. 22.2 - Prob. 9CYPCh. 22.2 - Prob. 10CYPCh. 22.2 - Prob. 11CYPCh. 22.2 - Prob. 12CYPCh. 22.2 - Prob. 13CYPCh. 22.3 - Describe the progression of a typical subcutaneous...Ch. 22.3 - Prob. 11ELOCh. 22.3 - Prob. 12ELOCh. 22.3 - Prob. 13ELOCh. 22.3 - Prob. 14CYPCh. 22.3 - Prob. 15CYPCh. 22.3 - Prob. 16CYPCh. 22.3 - List the similarities and differences encountered...Ch. 22.4 - Prob. 14ELOCh. 22.4 - Understand the pathology, epidemiology, and...Ch. 22.4 - Distinguish among the diseases caused by members...Ch. 22.4 - List the factors involved in contracting ringworm,...Ch. 22.4 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 22.5 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 22.5 - Prob. 21CYPCh. 22.6 - Prob. 17ELOCh. 22.6 - Explain the epidemiology of candidiasis.Ch. 22.6 - Prob. 19ELOCh. 22.6 - Prob. 22CYPCh. 22.6 - Prob. 23CYPCh. 22.6 - Prob. 24CYPCh. 22.6 - Prob. 25CYPCh. 22.6 - Prob. 26CYPCh. 22.6 - Prob. 27CYPCh. 22.7 - Prob. 20ELOCh. 22.7 - Prob. 28CYPCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 22.L1 - Primary pathogenic fungi differ from opportunistic...Ch. 22.L1 - True pathogenic fungi a. are transmissible from...Ch. 22.L1 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 22.L1 - Histoplasmosis has the greatest endemic occurrence...Ch. 22.L1 - Coccidioidomycosis is endemic to which geographic...Ch. 22.L1 - Skin testing with antigen is a useful...Ch. 22.L1 - Prob. 9MCQCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 22.L1 - Which fungus does not commonly cause systemic...Ch. 22.L1 - Prob. 15MCQCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 16MCQCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 1CSRCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 1WCCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 2WCCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 3WCCh. 22.L1 - Prob. 4WCCh. 22.L2 - Prob. 1CTCh. 22.L2 - a. Name several medical conditions that compromise...Ch. 22.L2 - Prob. 3CTCh. 22.L2 - Prob. 4CTCh. 22.L2 - Prob. 5CTCh. 22.L2 - Prob. 6CTCh. 22.L2 - Prob. 7CTCh. 22.L2 - Prob. 8CTCh. 22.L2 - Prob. 1VCCh. 22.L2 - What would you expect to see microscopically from...
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