Microorganisms and Disease
Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae

stay in the lung and rarely, if ever, enter the bloodstream
have polysaccharide capsules
are acquired by inhalation
have cell walls that contain a high content of mycolic acids

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Microorganisms and Disease
Plastic implants can pose a serious nosocomial infection problem because

All of these
phagocytes have trouble moving on the plastic surface
phagocytes have trouble engulfing bacteria embedded in a biofilm
infected implants usually have to be surgically removed

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Microorganisms and Disease
Which of the following characteristic of the Rotavirus was important for the construction of the Rotashield vaccine?

The ability of monkey Rotavirus strains to cause serious illness (diarrhea) in human beings
A limited number of capsule types
The ability of the Rotavirus to be transmitted faster
The possession of a segmented RNA genome

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