15- A patient has pneumonia and AFB are found in a sputum smear. (Sputum is the mucus coughed up from deep in the lung.) Assuming AFB are the actual pathogen in this case, which of the following could be the cause of the patient's illness? A. S. pneumoniae B. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare C. S. pyogenes D. RSV 16-We know that hospitalized patients are more at risk from infectious diseases than healthy people. However, 3 of the following do cause disease in healthy people. Which one does not? A. MRSA B. influenza virus C. Salmonella in food D. P. aeruginosa 17- Patients who take certain antibiotics are at high risk of developing severe diarrhea and a serious inflammation of the large intestine (pseudomembranous colitis). What pathogen is the cause of these diseases? A. E. coli B. C. difficile C. the antibiotic D. Hepatitis A Virus

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15- A patient has pneumonia and AFB are found in a sputum smear. (Sputum is the mucus
coughed up from deep in the lung.) Assuming AFB are the actual pathogen in this case,
which of the following could be the cause of the patient's illness?
A. S. pneumoniae
B. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
C. S. pyogenes D. RSV
16-We know that hospitalized patients are more at risk from infectious diseases than
healthy people. However, 3 of the following do cause disease in healthy people. Which one
does not?
A. MRSA
B. influenza virus
C. Salmonella in food D. P. aeruginosa
17- Patients who take certain antibiotics are at high risk of developing severe diarrhea and a
serious inflammation of the large intestine (pseudomembranous colitis). What pathogen is
the cause of these diseases?
A. E. coli
B. C. difficile C. the antibiotic
D. Hepatitis A Virus
Transcribed Image Text:15- A patient has pneumonia and AFB are found in a sputum smear. (Sputum is the mucus coughed up from deep in the lung.) Assuming AFB are the actual pathogen in this case, which of the following could be the cause of the patient's illness? A. S. pneumoniae B. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare C. S. pyogenes D. RSV 16-We know that hospitalized patients are more at risk from infectious diseases than healthy people. However, 3 of the following do cause disease in healthy people. Which one does not? A. MRSA B. influenza virus C. Salmonella in food D. P. aeruginosa 17- Patients who take certain antibiotics are at high risk of developing severe diarrhea and a serious inflammation of the large intestine (pseudomembranous colitis). What pathogen is the cause of these diseases? A. E. coli B. C. difficile C. the antibiotic D. Hepatitis A Virus
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