Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 1CCS
Clinical Case Study Deadly Horizontal Gene Transfer
Sarah might have been 85 years old, but her mind was still sharp; it was her body that was failing. After she broke her hip by falling in the bathroom, she had succumbed to a series of complications that ultimately required admittance to a large university-associated hospital in New York City. Treatment necessitated a urinary catheter, a feeding tube, and intensive antibiotic therapy. While hospitalized, she acquired a life-threatening urinary tract infection with multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Enterococcus faecium.
Enterococci are normal members of the microbiota of the colon, yet these Gram-positive bacteria have a propensity to acquire genes that convey resistance to antimicrobial drugs. As a result of such horizontal gene transfer, E. faecium has become an MDR bacterium- that is, a strain resistant to many different kinds of antimicrobials. Drug-resistant enterococci are a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections (nosocomial infections).
Physicians treated Sarah with a series of antimicrobial drugs, including metronidazole, penicillin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, and vancomycin, but to no avail. After 90 days of hospitalization, she died.
- 1. Define healthcare-associated infection.
- 2. What is the likely source of Sarah’s infection?
- 3. List three ways by which E. faecium might have acquired genes for drug resistance.
- 4. How can hospital personnel prevent the spread of resistant E. faecium throughout the hospital?
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Chapter 7 Solutions
Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Ch. 7 - DNA replication requires a large amount of energy,...Ch. 7 - In bacteria, polypeptide translation can begin...Ch. 7 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 7 - Prob. 4TMWCh. 7 - Clinical Case Study Deadly Horizontal Gene...Ch. 7 - Which of the following is most likely the number...Ch. 7 - Which of the following is a true statement...Ch. 7 - Prob. 3MCCh. 7 - Prob. 4MCCh. 7 - Prob. 5MC
Ch. 7 - Prob. 6MCCh. 7 - Prob. 7MCCh. 7 - Prob. 8MCCh. 7 - Prob. 9MCCh. 7 - Prob. 10MCCh. 7 - Which of the following is not a mechanism of...Ch. 7 - Prob. 12MCCh. 7 - Prob. 13MCCh. 7 - Which of the following are called jumping genes?...Ch. 7 - Prob. 15MCCh. 7 - Prob. 16MCCh. 7 - Prob. 17MCCh. 7 - Prob. 18MCCh. 7 - Prob. 19MCCh. 7 - Prob. 20MCCh. 7 - Prob. 21MCCh. 7 - Prob. 22MCCh. 7 - Prob. 23MCCh. 7 - Prob. 24MCCh. 7 - The trp operon is repressible. This means it is...Ch. 7 - The three steps in RNA transcription are...Ch. 7 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 7 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 7 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 7 - An operon consists of ____________,...Ch. 7 - Prob. 6FIBCh. 7 - A daughter DNA molecule is composed of one...Ch. 7 - Prob. 8FIBCh. 7 - Prob. 9FIBCh. 7 - ____________ is a recombination event that occurs...Ch. 7 - Prob. 11FIBCh. 7 - Prob. 12FIBCh. 7 - Prob. 1SACh. 7 - Prob. 2SACh. 7 - Prob. 3SACh. 7 - Polypeptide synthesis requires large amounts of...Ch. 7 - Prob. 5SACh. 7 - Prob. 6SACh. 7 - Prob. 7SACh. 7 - Prob. 8SACh. 7 - Describe how DNA is packaged in both prokaryotes...Ch. 7 - Prob. 10SACh. 7 - Prob. 11SACh. 7 - Prob. 12SACh. 7 - On the figure below, label DNA polymerase I, DNA...Ch. 7 - Prob. 2VICh. 7 - Prob. 3VICh. 7 - If molecules of mRNA have the following nucleotide...Ch. 7 - A scientist uses a molecule of DNA composed of...Ch. 7 - Prob. 3CTCh. 7 - Prob. 4CTCh. 7 - Prob. 5CTCh. 7 - Suppose that the E. coli gene for the lac operon...Ch. 7 - Prob. 7CTCh. 7 - Prob. 8CTCh. 7 - Prob. 9CTCh. 7 - How can knowledge of nucleotide analogs be useful...Ch. 7 - The endosymbiotic theory states that mitochondria...Ch. 7 - Prob. 12CTCh. 7 - Prob. 13CTCh. 7 - Prob. 14CTCh. 7 - What DNA nucleotide triplet codes for codon UGU?...Ch. 7 - Prob. 17CT
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