Your friend Marco recently visited the doctor for steroid injections into his knee to reduce swelling due to a previous knee injury. Within a couple of days, he had an infection caused by Pseudomonas, a very pathogenic and drug resistant bacterium. Luckily, Marco went to the doctor immediately and received antibiotics. The doctor tells him that the same problem has occurred to many other people across the United States. Predict the most likely cause of this situation.

Choose the method of antimicrobial susceptibility testing that involves measuring and evaluating zones of inhibition around antibiotic disks placed on a culture of bacteria prior to incubation.

Which control method would not be a suitable choice for killing Mycobacterium in a capped culture tube?

Vials of microorganisms that undergo the freeze-drying process, called_________, will remain preserved and viable for years.

Primaquine and chloroquine are drugs used in the treatment of_________ infections.

Progressive deterioration of motor control is a key symptom of what disorder?

People get drunk faster when drinking alcohol on an empty stomach than after they have eaten. This difference in response is primarily due to which of the following?

How long can alcohol be detected in the system by using a drug test?

What kind of  receptor is sometimes termed a “fast” receptor because the entire process is completed in just a few milliseconds?

Economically, the colony of Pennsylvania