Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 39.1, Problem 4CC
What are the three major causes of meningitis? Why is it important to determine which type a person has?
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Chapter 39 Solutions
Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 39.1 - What organisms serve as the environmental...Ch. 39.1 - How is the M protein also thought to be involved...Ch. 39.1 - Prob. 3MICh. 39.1 - Why do you think chlamydiae differentiate into...Ch. 39.1 - Compare and contrast the means by which people...Ch. 39.1 - Prob. 3CCCh. 39.1 - What are the three major causes of meningitis? Why...Ch. 39.1 - Prob. 5CCCh. 39.1 - How do multidrug-resistant strains of tuberculosis...Ch. 39.1 - Prob. 7CC
Ch. 39.1 - What is the mechanism by which PTx kills host...Ch. 39.1 - Prob. 9CCCh. 39.1 - Prob. 10CCCh. 39.2 - What are the three stages of Lyme disease? What...Ch. 39.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 39.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 39.2 - Prob. 3CCCh. 39.2 - Prob. 4CCCh. 39.3 - What are the chief differences between tuberculoid...Ch. 39.3 - How does H. pylori increase the local pH in its...Ch. 39.3 - Prob. 3MICh. 39.3 - Prob. 4MICh. 39.3 - Prob. 5MICh. 39.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 39.3 - Why do you think the slow growth rate of M. leprae...Ch. 39.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 39.3 - Prob. 4CCCh. 39.3 - Prob. 5CCCh. 39.3 - Prob. 6CCCh. 39.3 - Prob. 7CCCh. 39.3 - What is the difference between S. aureus and MRSA?Ch. 39.3 - Prob. 9CCCh. 39.3 - Prob. 10CCCh. 39.3 - Prob. 11CCCh. 39.4 - How do the neurological effects of botulinum toxin...Ch. 39.4 - To which E. coli class does the strain 0157:H7...Ch. 39.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 39.4 - Compare the gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio...Ch. 39.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 39.4 - Prob. 4CCCh. 39.4 - Prob. 5CCCh. 39.4 - Prob. 6CCCh. 39.4 - Prob. 7CCCh. 39.5 - Prob. 1MICh. 39.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 39.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 39.5 - How is ornithosis transmitted?Ch. 39.5 - Prob. 4CCCh. 39.6 - What cells and tissues make up the pseudomembrane?Ch. 39.6 - Prob. 2MICh. 39.6 - In both C. difficileassociated disease and...Ch. 39.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 39.6 - Prob. 3CCCh. 39.6 - Prob. 4CCCh. 39 - Prob. 1RCCh. 39 - Prob. 2RCCh. 39 - Prob. 3RCCh. 39 - Prob. 4RCCh. 39 - Prob. 5RCCh. 39 - Prob. 1ALCh. 39 - Prob. 2ALCh. 39 - Prob. 3ALCh. 39 - Prob. 4ALCh. 39 - Prob. 5ALCh. 39 - Prob. 6AL
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