Microorganisms and Disease What is common in catheters and ventilators? They predispose patients to viral rather than bacterial infections Bacteria responsible for associated infections are usually susceptible to antibiotics They bypass important defenses of the body They are used primarily in neonatal intensive care units They predispose patients to viral rather than bacterial infections Bacteria responsible for associated infections are usually susceptible to antibiotics They bypass important defenses of the body They are used primarily in neonatal intensive care units ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease Pseudomembraneous colitis is precipitated by the use of certain antibiotics caused by a gram-positive bacterium All of these caused by a spore-forming bacterium precipitated by the use of certain antibiotics caused by a gram-positive bacterium All of these caused by a spore-forming bacterium ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease Which of these cytokines is also known under the name cachectin? Interferon gamma Interleukin 2 Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) None of these Interferon gamma Interleukin 2 Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease The influenza vaccine is administered each year because mutations in the viral hemagglutinin may allow the virus to evade the immune response elicited by previous vaccines it is a polysaccharide vaccine that does not confer long-term protection the vaccine is sufficiently toxic to make it necessary to administer only a small amount at any one time None of these mutations in the viral hemagglutinin may allow the virus to evade the immune response elicited by previous vaccines it is a polysaccharide vaccine that does not confer long-term protection the vaccine is sufficiently toxic to make it necessary to administer only a small amount at any one time None of these ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Streptococcus pneumoniae have polysaccharide capsules are acquired by inhalation have cell walls that contain a high content of mycolic acids 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 stay in the lung and rarely, if ever, enter the bloodstream ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Microorganisms and Disease Coxsackie virus B3, a subgroup of enteroviruses, commonly causes gastroenteritis acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis muscular dystrophy myocarditis gastroenteritis acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis muscular dystrophy myocarditis ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP