
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134477206
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 2CCS
A Case of AIDS
A 25-year-old man is admitted to the hospital with thrush, diarrhea, unexplained weight loss, and difficulty in breathing. Cultures of pulmonary fluid reveal the presence of Pneumocystis. The man admits to being a heroin addict and to sharing needles in a “shooting gallery.”
- 1. What laboratory tests could confirm a diagnosis of AIDS?
- 2. How did the man most likely acquire an HIV infection?
- 3. What changes to the man’s immune system allowed the opportunistic infection of Pneumocystis to arise?
- 4. What precautions should health care providers take in handling blood?
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Chapter 18 Solutions
Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5th Edition)
Ch. 18 - Prob. 1CCSCh. 18 - Prob. 1TMWCh. 18 - Prob. 2TMWCh. 18 - A Case of AIDS A 25-year-old man is admitted to...Ch. 18 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 18 - The immunoglobulin class that mediates type I...Ch. 18 - The major inflammatory mediator released by...Ch. 18 - Hemolytic disease of the new born is caused by...Ch. 18 - Farmers lung is a hypersensitivity pneumonitis...Ch. 18 - A positive tuberculin skin test indicates that a...
Ch. 18 - Which of the following is an autoimmune disease?...Ch. 18 - When a surgeon conducts a cardiac bypass operation...Ch. 18 - A deficiency of both B cells and T cells is most...Ch. 18 - Prob. 9MCCh. 18 - What do medical personnel administer to counteract...Ch. 18 - Which of the following is not typically part of an...Ch. 18 - Prob. 12MCCh. 18 - Prob. 13MCCh. 18 - Prob. 14MCCh. 18 - Prob. 15MCCh. 18 - Prob. 1MTFCh. 18 - Prob. 2MTFCh. 18 - Prob. 3MTFCh. 18 - Prob. 4MTFCh. 18 - Modified True/False 5. ___ Graft-versus-host...Ch. 18 - Prob. 1MCh. 18 - Prob. 1SACh. 18 - Prob. 2SACh. 18 - Prob. 3SACh. 18 - Contrast autografts, isografts, allografts, and...Ch. 18 - Prob. 5SACh. 18 - Prob. 1VICh. 18 - Prob. 2VICh. 18 - Prob. 3VICh. 18 - Prob. 1CTCh. 18 - Why cant physicians use skin tests similar to the...Ch. 18 - Prob. 3CTCh. 18 - Prob. 4CTCh. 18 - What types of illnesses cause death in patients...Ch. 18 - Prob. 6CTCh. 18 - Why do the blisters of positive tuberculin...Ch. 18 - Retroviruses such as HIV use RNA as a primer for...Ch. 18 - Prob. 9CTCh. 18 - Reverse transcriptase is notoriously sloppy in...Ch. 18 - A patient arrives at the doctors office with a...Ch. 18 - Prob. 12CTCh. 18 - Prob. 13CTCh. 18 - Prob. 1CM
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