Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 8SA
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The causative agent responsible for causing cat scratch disease and the reason that it is a threat to the patients with AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).
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Cat scratch disease is usually a benign kind of infectious disease, which is commonly found in the kids after the scratch or a bite from the cat. The infection grows within 2 to 14 days and it is characterized as a bacterial infection, which affects the lymph nodes that are needed to drain the sites of inoculation.
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Chapter 23 Solutions
Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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3. Name two underlying conditions that predispose...Ch. 23 - Give two sources of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Ch. 23 -
5. Outline the pathogenesis of tetanus.
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6. Explain why C. tetani can be cultivated from...Ch. 23 - Prob. 7SACh. 23 - Prob. 8SACh. 23 -
9. What is a synergistic infection? How might one...Ch. 23 - Why is sporotrichosis sometimes called rose...
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