Case Study 3:   A 21-year-old college student attending school in New York was in good health until she developed a fever, nausea, headache, and muscle pain. A few days later, she developed a rash on her forearms—small, flat, pink, non-itchy spots. Three weeks prior, she had taken a trip to North Carolina and hiked through the woods for a couple of days. She encountered no other people or animals during her trek. About a week later, she started exhibiting the symptoms that sent her to the doctor’s office. Case Study 3.1:  What was the most likely etiologic agent of infection in this patient?

Which of the following is NOT a genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae?

Match the anaerobic bacterium with the BEST description of its association.

Which of the following characteristics is inconsistent with Vibrio cholera infection:

Branching gram positive bacilli exhibiting no spores are observed on an original gram stain of a jaw abscess. A likely identification is:

Answer the following five questions (A, B, C, D, E) concerning non-fermenters.   D.   List two different types of infections caused by the organism in the previous question.

List two examples of fomites.

List a Toxigenic infection, provide the causative organism, and the toxin it produces.

In general, how are most diarrheal disorders treated?  Why?

Surgical removal of the gall bladder is sometimes recommended because of persistence of carrier state in which of the following diseases?