Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18.L2, Problem 6CT
Summary Introduction
To analyze:
According to the case study -
- The species that caused pneumonia in the elderly man.
- Reason for the choice of species.
- The treatment for this infection.
- Precautions to be taken by those attending to the patient.
Introduction:
The case study states that the pathogen is a Gram-positive coccus, displaying beta-hemolysis on blood agar, which also causes bone infection in another patient. The elderly man was already suffering from influenza.
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