Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 4MCQ
Syphilis is caused by
- a. Treponema pallidum.
- b. Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
- c. Trichomonas vaginalis.
- d. Haemophilus ducreyi.
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Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Ch. 23.1 - Draw or describe the anatomical features of the...Ch. 23.1 - List the natural defenses present in the...Ch. 23.2 - Prob. 3AYPCh. 23.2 - Prob. 4AYPCh. 23.3 - List the possible causative agents for each type...Ch. 23.3 - List the possible causative agents for each type...Ch. 23.3 - Discuss the epidemiology of the three types of...Ch. 23.4 - Prob. 7AYPCh. 23.4 - Prob. 8AYPCh. 23.4 - Prob. 9AYP
Ch. 23.4 - Prob. 10AYPCh. 23.4 - Prob. 11AYPCh. 23.4 - Prob. 12AYPCh. 23.4 - Identify the most important risk group for group B...Ch. 23 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 23 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 23 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 23 - Syphilis is caused by a. Treponema pallidum. b....Ch. 23 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 23 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 23 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 23 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 23 - The drug Flagyl can be used to treat the protozoan...Ch. 23 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 23 - Prob. 11TFCh. 23 - Prob. 12TFCh. 23 - Prob. 13TFCh. 23 - Prob. 14TFCh. 23 - Prob. 15TFCh. 23 - Prob. 1CTQCh. 23 - Summarize how a laboratory technologist would...Ch. 23 - a. Explain why microscopic analysis of a urine...Ch. 23 - Prob. 4CTQCh. 23 - Why are urinary tract infections such common...Ch. 23 - Prob. 1VCCh. 23 - Prob. 1CM
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