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A physician inquires about repeated sputum specimens that ar…

A physician inquires about repeated sputum specimens that are reported to contain only normal oropharyngeal flora.  The patient is a 67 yr old man who smokes and has a persistent cough, malaise, and a fever of 102°C.  Treatment with routine antimicrobials has not been effective.  The most recent direct Gram’s stain of sputum shows 3+ PMNs and rare epithelial cells.  A likely etiologic agent is (M35-1, 2, 3; Level 3):

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Large multicellular intestinal parasites of man belong to th…

Large multicellular intestinal parasites of man belong to the group called (M50-6; Level 1):

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The nurse is caring for a client with obesity and arthritis…

The nurse is caring for a client with obesity and arthritis who was admitted to the hospital for treatment of pneumonia. The client has intertrigo under bilateral breasts and abdominal folds. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to improve this condition? 

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Taenia solium and Taenia saginata can be differentiated by t…

Taenia solium and Taenia saginata can be differentiated by the _____ (M53-7; Level 2):

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A medium sized, beta hemolytic, GPC was isolated from a woun…

A medium sized, beta hemolytic, GPC was isolated from a wound.  Tests indicate it was catalase positive, slide coagulase negative, tube coagulase positive, and grew up to the edge of the cefoxitin disk.  What should be reported to the physician (M13-2, 3, 4; Level 3)?

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Carefully review the objects in the image below. Then, choos…

Carefully review the objects in the image below. Then, choose the vocabulary word from the drop-down menu that matches each.

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Which stage of Coccidioides immitis is found in tissue (M60-…

Which stage of Coccidioides immitis is found in tissue (M60-10, 11, 15; Level 1)?

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An elderly patient with pneumonia on a ventilator produces a…

An elderly patient with pneumonia on a ventilator produces a gelatinous dark red sputum sample from which an encapsulated gram-negative rod is isolated.  The organism is non-motile, VP positive, and produces an A/A reaction on TSI with gas.  This organism is most likely:

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The stage of Strongyloides stercoralis most commonly identif…

The stage of Strongyloides stercoralis most commonly identified in the stool is the (M50-5; Level 2):

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Listen carefully as I spell two vocabulary words. Write the…

Listen carefully as I spell two vocabulary words. Write the words in the box below. Be sure to number your responses. If you need special characters, feel free to copy from these: á é í ó ú ñ ¿ ¡  

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