Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321918550
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 1CCS
A Deadly Carrier
In 1937, a man employed to lay water pipes was found to be the source of a severe epidemic of typhoid fever. The man, who had recovered from typhoid, was still an asymptomatic carrier of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, the bacterium that causes the disease. He habitually urinated at his job site and in the process contaminated the town’s water supply with bacteria from his bladder. Over 300 cases of typhoid fever developed, and 43 people died before the man was identified as the carrier.
- 1. How do you think health officials were able to identify the source of this typhoid epidemic?
- 2. Given that antibiotics were not generally available in 1937, how could health officials end the epidemic, short of removing the man from the job site?
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Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)
Ch. 14 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 14 - A Deadly Carrier In 1937, a man employed to lay...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2TMWCh. 14 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 14 - Why is mutated Streptococcus pneumoniae, which...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5TMWCh. 14 - Prob. 6TMWCh. 14 - TB in the Nursery In the early fall, a neonatal...Ch. 14 - Why is an acute disease with a high rate of...Ch. 14 - Prob. 3CCS
Ch. 14 - Prob. 1EDCSCh. 14 - Prob. 8TMWCh. 14 - Prob. 1MCCh. 14 - Prob. 2MCCh. 14 - Prob. 3MCCh. 14 - The most frequent portal of entry for pathogens is...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5MCCh. 14 - Prob. 6MCCh. 14 - Prob. 7MCCh. 14 - Prob. 8MCCh. 14 - Prob. 9MCCh. 14 - Prob. 10MCCh. 14 - Which of the following statements is the best...Ch. 14 - Prob. 12MCCh. 14 - Prob. 13MCCh. 14 - Prob. 14MCCh. 14 - Prob. 15MCCh. 14 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 14 - Fill in the Blanks 2. Infections that may go...Ch. 14 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 5FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 6FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 7FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 8FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 9FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 10FIBCh. 14 - Prob. 1SACh. 14 - Prob. 2SACh. 14 - Prob. 3SACh. 14 - List Kochs four postulates, and describe...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5SACh. 14 - Prob. 6SACh. 14 - Describe the parenteral route of infection.Ch. 14 - In general, contrast transient microbiota with...Ch. 14 - Contrast the terms infection and morbidity.Ch. 14 - Prob. 10SACh. 14 - Each map below shows the locations (dots) of cases...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2VICh. 14 - Explain why Ellen H., a menopausal woman, may have...Ch. 14 - Prob. 2CTCh. 14 - A 27-year-old woman went to her doctors office...Ch. 14 - Over 30 children younger than three years of age...Ch. 14 - Prob. 5CTCh. 14 - Prob. 6CTCh. 14 - Corals are colonial marine animals that feed by...Ch. 14 - If a mutation occurred in Escherichia coli that...Ch. 14 - Using the following terms, fill in the following...
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