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How would you describe this organism? (17.4)

A woman who has recently traveled to South America appears in the ER with flulike symptoms. She states that her fever spikes every other day. Her differential blood count uncovered the following. What disease does the woman have?  (19.3)

Klebsiella pneumoniae:  (7.12)

Blastomyces dermatitidis grows as a mold at 37º C.  (17.7)

The most significant pathogen in the Staphylococcus genus is: (4.2)

The microscopic method for the indentification of fungi where a portion of the mycelium is removed and placed in lactophenol cotton blue on a slide and gently teased apart using two teasing needles is called a:  (17.17)

What type of filter does a class II biological safety cabinet use to filter out infectious agents?  (1.25)

A suspected Bacillus sp. isolated from a wound culture produced catalase positive colonies that are non-hemolytic on sheep blood agar. Which test should be performed next to attempt to rule out Bacillus anthracis? 

What does MIO stand for?  (7.19)

The term that described flagella located only on the ends of the bacterium is: (1.3)