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You are a RN at an elementary school and notice a second grade female scratching and pulling at her pants. The student complains that her buttocks itch. Upon further assessment, the patient reports that the itching worsened in the morning hours. Since another child in the student’s class was recently diagnosed with Enterobius vermicularis, or pinworm infection, you contact the girl’s mother and recommends follow up with her pediatrician.

A 59-year-old female has been diagnosed with Escherichia coli infection following the consumption of contaminated meat. The patient is exhibiting a high fever, severe abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. As the patients RN, you provide supportive care and fluid resuscitation as ordered. You and medical team members provide education to the patient and her family regarding the genetics of the E. coli bacterium.

After staining, the specimen is inspected. The laboratory technician identifies single-celled organisms that possess a nucleus, and many of them are undergoing the process of budding. Based on this finding, it is most likely that the patient is suffering from an infection caused by a ______.

A viral genome is carried by _____.

The laboratory report shows that a motility test was performed on the sample with positive results. Thinking about bacterial movement, you are aware that this bacterium could possess which structure(s) for motility?

What color/clarity results would best correlate with a pleural fluid transduate?

Classification of viruses would place them in which domain of life? 

Select the correct statement(s) regarding birefringence.

The patient asks how microbes from her body can be grown in the lab. You explain that specimens are introduced to nutrient medium and that any growth of the microbe that appears after incubating the specimen is called the _____.

Cholesterol crystals present in a milky/white fluid are indicative of a