Microbiology: An Introduction
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780321733603
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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Chapter 11, Problem 3CAE
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Introduction:
Listeria causes food borne infection and dangerous to neonate.
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A pregnant woman hospitalized with fever temperature of 39ºC and lower abdominal pain soon after admission gave birth to a stillborn baby. Blood sample collected from the infant send to
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Chapter 11 Solutions
Microbiology: An Introduction
Ch. 11 - The following outline can be used to identify...Ch. 11 - Compare and contrast each of the following: a....Ch. 11 - DRAW IT Draw a key to differentiate the following...Ch. 11 - Prob. 4RCh. 11 - If you Gram-stained the bacteria that live in the...Ch. 11 - Which of the following does not belong with the...Ch. 11 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 11 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 11 - Which of the following terms is the most specific?...Ch. 11 - Which one of the following does not belong with...
Ch. 11 - Which of the following pairs is mismatched? a....Ch. 11 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 11 - When Legionella was newly discovered, why was it...Ch. 11 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 11 - Prob. 1ACh. 11 - Prob. 2ACh. 11 - Bacteria are single-celled organisms that must...Ch. 11 - After contact with a patients spinal fluid, a lab...Ch. 11 - Between April 1 and May 15 of one year. 22...Ch. 11 - Prob. 3CAE
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