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Chapter 24, Problem 2MCQ
No bacterial pathogen can be isolated from the sputum of a patient with pneumonia. Antibiotic therapy has not been successful. The next step should be
- a. culturing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- b. culturing for Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
- c. culturing for
fungi . - d. a change in antibiotics.
- e. none; nothing more can be done.
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Pearson eText Microbiology: An Introduction -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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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