Microbiology: An Introduction
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780321929150
Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 9MCQ
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The patient had recent onset of acute diarrheal infection after having food in the party. She ate crab and rice with coconut milk in the party, she and two other patients were hospitalized after attending party and their serum antibodies against vibrio were elevated highly due to infection but the left over crab was served in second party reported mild diarrhea with negative for vibriocidal antibodies.
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Microbiology: An Introduction
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