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Chapter 24, Problem 1CAE
In August, a 24-year-old man from Virginia developed difficulty breathing and bilateral lobe infiltrates 2 months after driving through California. During initial evaluation, typical pneumonia was suspected, and he was treated with antibiotics. Efforts to diagnose the pneumonia were unsuccessful. In October, a laryngeal mass was detected, and laryngeal cancer was suspected; treatment with steroids and bronchodilators did not result in improvement. Lung biopsy and laryngoscopy detected diffuse granular tissue. He was treated with amphotericin B and discharged after 5 days. What was the disease? What might have been done differently to decrease the patient’s recovery time from 3 months to 1 week?
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Microbiology: An Introduction, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Microbiology with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (13th Edition)
Ch. 24 - DRAW IT Show the locations of the following...Ch. 24 - Compare and contrast mycoplasmal pneumonia and...Ch. 24 - Prob. 3RCh. 24 - Complete the following table.Ch. 24 - Under what conditions can the saprophytes...Ch. 24 - Prob. 6RCh. 24 - List the causative agent, mode of transmission,...Ch. 24 - Prob. 8RCh. 24 - Prob. 9RCh. 24 - Prob. 10R
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