A microbiologist is looking at a set of plates from a seriously ill patient. The Blood Agar Plate (BAP) plate shows small, nonhemolytic colonies. On MacConkey, these organisms grow as a small, nonlactose fermenter. On Gram stain, this organism is a bipolar, “safety-pin” staining, plump gram-negative rod. What is the most probable organism?

A zone of inhibition is:

A patient who wears long-term contact lenses comes to her physician after noting a small spot on her cornea. Collection of the lesion for culture produced a fast-growing mold with a slight pink color on the surface. Microscopic review showed the following organism. This organism is most likely: pic43.jpg  

A primary tenet of antimicrobial therapy is to use:

Which biosafety level is reserved for the most dangerous pathogens?

What term displays how entrants must take a beating from other members and often are expected to fight back?

Penicillins, cephalosporins, monobactams, and carbapenems all have what ring in their structure that is responsible for inhibiting the transpeptidation reaction, resulting in bacterial lysis and cell death?

Antibiotic mechanisms of action target all the following except:

Several research studies have indicated that ______ therapy programs are the most effective way to treat juvenile substance abuse.

Which drugs boost energy and attention by accelerating the body’s physical processes, which raises blood pressure and increases the heart rate?