Which type of infection has the highest chance of spreading from the skin to the heart, bone or brain?

__________ and ___________ are required for Lyme disease to become endemic in a community.

People with latent TB should be treated with antibiotics:

Some strains of Streptococcus pyogenes express toxins or superantigens encoded by:

Three antibiotics have the molecular masses listed below. In a Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion assay, which one will diffuse the farthest from the disc in 24 hours? Amoxicillin, 365.4 g/mol Piperacillin, 517.6 g/mol Ciprofloxacin, 331.4 g/mol    

A lab technician used a 5 microliter loop to spread a patient urine sample onto CNA agar.  The next day she counted 100 colonies.  Does this patient have significant bacteruria?  (cutoff = ≥1 X 105 CFU/ml)

During a UTI, WBC’s like neutrophils migrate from the ______ to the ______ as part of the inflammatory response.

Vaccines exist to prevent lung infections caused by these organisms: (Check all that apply)

A cough is considered productive or non-productive. Secretions should be assessed based on all of the following characteristics EXCEPT?

Matching: (Identify the following characteristics as which of the following, answers may be used more than once)  Chronic Bronchitis Emphysema Both