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Surgical removal of the gall bladder is sometimes recommended because of persistence of carrier state in which of the following diseases?

You have a set of plates from a urine culture, one SBAP and one MacConkey, both have greater than 100,000 colonies.  A gram stain indicates the presence of gram-negative bacilli.  You suspect it could either be from the Enterobacteriaceae family or is a Non-fermenter.   You have determined that the organism originated from the Enterobacteriaceae family.  How would you determine if the organism was pathogenic or nonpathogenic?  

Which of the following is NOT a genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae?

Answer the following five questions (A, B, C, D, E) concerning non-fermenters.   B.   List two characteristics specific to this organism that make it so pathogenic?

Case Study 3: A 3-year old girl presents at the emergency room with bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. The child’s mother reports that the day-care center called yesterday morning because she started having a watery diffuse diarrhea.  That night she began to complain of severe cramps and her diarrhea became bloody and pus-filled.  The family has no recent travel history and while they are vegetarians, they only consume pasteurized milk, cheese, and egg products.  The gram stain showed many white blood cells and many gram-negative bacilli.  The culture resulted in many yellowish-clear colonies on the MacConkey’s agar that were oxidase negative and fermented glucose.   She was admitted to the hospital to treat her dehydration and for observation.  Case Study 3 Question 1: What was the most likely etiologic agent of infection in this patient? 

Which of the following characteristics may not be present a vaginal specimen from a typical case of bacterial vaginosis?

Case Study 3: Answer the following questions based upon the following clinical microbiology report: DATE: 10/25/2008  21:22:13                                          bioMerieux Vitek 2 Lab Report PATIENT NAME: HARRIET MORGAN PATIENT ID00000000 SEX: F DOB: 01/01/1931 AGE: 81Y ROUTINE CULTURE  SPECIMEN: URINE  COLONY COUNT= >100,000 CFU/ML ISOLATE: STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS  SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST DRUG MIC(mcg/ml) INTERPRETATION ROUTE/DOSAGE AMPICILLIN  >=16 R PO/IV250-500MGQ6H CIPROFLOXACIN >=4 R IM/IV0.5-1.0GMQ8H ERYTHROMYCIN >=8 R PO250-500MGQ6H GENTAMICIN =8 R PO400MGQ12H PENICILLIN G >=16 R IV2.0-3.0GMQ4-6H RIFAMPIN

Campylobacter jejuni is described as:

Why is it important that we always provide antibiotics to patients with a Streptococcus pyogenes infection? Answer should reference characteristics specific to Streptococcus pyogenes.

Within the general human population, certain populations are more susceptible to infectious disease. Which classes of patients are most vulnerable, and what do they have in common?