Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 9MCQ
The drug Flagyl can be used to treat the protozoan infection
- a. Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
- b. Chlamydia trachomatis.
- c. Treponema pallidum.
- d. Trichomonas vaginalis.
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