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The laboratory calls to alert you that a patient who has been in the ICU for a long time has several blood cultures with Gram-positive cocci in clusters.  You suspect the diagnosis to be line-related sepsis due to which organism?

Which of the following is not found in the Herpesviridae family?

Rotavirus is the single most important cause of ______________ in young children.

Bacteria are typically measured in:

A 37-year-old diabetic presented to the emergency room with metabolic acidosis and complaining of sinus pain and swelling around his left eye.  The most important organism to consider in treating this patient is:

The most urgent aspect of therapy for severe cases of cholera is:

Of the following organisms, the most common cause of community-acquired pneumonia in school-age children and young adults (age 5-20) is:

Which of the following organisms is incorrectly matched with the disease it most commonly causes?

Case Study 1:  This 68-year-old North Carolina man with diabetes mellitus was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of a persistent right lower lobe infiltrate.  Three weeks prior to admission, he presented to an outside physician for evaluation of fever, chills, weight loss, and anorexia.  A chest radiograph demonstrated a right lower lobe infiltrate.  He was treated with oral amoxicillin, but his condition worsened.  His PPD test was negative and three sputum specimens were negative for acid-fast bacilli on smear.  Sputum specimens were sent for fungal culture.  The patient works in a cotton mill in the so-called “opening room”, where he opens bundles of cotton received from the southwestern United States.  Cultures of sputum and blood grew a mold which on microscopic examination had numerous rectangular alternating light and dark structures. Case Study 1.2:  How could this man’s illness have been prevented?

Which of the following animals is considered the “mixing vessel” for influenza?