Women with urinary tract infections caused by E. coli are generally treated with a course of antibiotics. A common complication of the antibiotic treatment is the occurrence of a vaginal yeast infection caused by Candida albicans, an organism that is normally present in very low numbers in the human vaginal tract. This complication occurs because: The E. coli infection damages the reproductive epithelium, causing a breach in the tight junctions and allowing invasion by the Candida albicans. The E. coli infection induces adhesion molecule expression on the reproductive epithelium, allowing attachment of the yeast. The antibiotic treatment kills all strains of fungi present in the reproductive tract, except the Candida albicans. The E. coli infection causes gastrointestinal distress leading to diarrhea. The antibiotics kill many of the commensal organisms in the reproductive tract, allowing overgrowth of the fungus.

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Examine microbiological aspects of genital tract infections by completing each sentence. greenish discharge Group B is an inflammation of the prostate gland, typically due to endogenous form, transfer of GI microbes, and can be observed in either an acute or which often is caused by an antibiotic-resistant biofilm. STI Group A however, occurs in the female genital tract and is an inflammation of the Trichomonas vaginalis vagina with a caused most commonly by white curdlike discharge Prostatitis Conversely, mixed bacterial infections of the vaginal tract typically include sp. and can lead to the development of discharge but lacking inflammation. a condition characterized by vaginal 40 Vaginitis A third example of a common vaginal infection is an protozoan caused by the from the vagina. Candida albicans which produces a bloody discharge chronic In comparison to the above examples, reproductive tract of up to asymptomatically, and only becomes problematic during pregnancy and delivery.…

Note that it is not appropriate to self-diagnose outside of a medical context and this is a completely hypothetical scenario. Imagine you have a rash on your foot. You're concerned that it's an infection and inoculate a sample onto an agar plate. You wonder, How can I figure out whether the pathogen is a bacterium vs a eukaryote? You decide to use lab supplies to get a basic understanding of the pathogen. Be specific about what tests you use and what you expect the results to be. Limit yourself to experiments we could do in our lab. What is a procedure you could do, involving making a slide of the organism?