PRESCOTT'S MICROBILOGY
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ISBN: 9781264075515
Author: WILLEY
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 35, Problem 5AL
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The Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL) is characterized by a pore-forming toxin, which is secreted by strains that are epidemiologically accompanying with the outburst of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) and also with lethal necrotizing pneumonia. To test the function of PVL pulmonary disease, the pathogenicity of clinical samples, purified PVL, isogenic PVL-positive and PVL-negative S. aureus strains have been tested.
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Chapter 35 Solutions
PRESCOTT'S MICROBILOGY
Ch. 35.1 - MICRO INQUIRY During which stages does the host...Ch. 35.1 - Define infection, infectious disease,...Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 35.1 - What are some important characteristics of a...Ch. 35.1 - What is an obligate intracellular pathogen? How...Ch. 35.1 - Prob. 5CCCh. 35.1 - Prob. 6CCCh. 35.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 35.2 - Prob. 2CCCh. 35.2 - Define droplet nuclei, vehicle, fomite, and...
Ch. 35.2 - Prob. 4CCCh. 35.2 - Prob. 5CCCh. 35.2 - Prob. 6CCCh. 35.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 35.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 35.3 - Prob. 3CCCh. 35.3 - Prob. 4CCCh. 35.4 - What are virulence factors?Ch. 35.4 - What are pathogenicity islands and why are they...Ch. 35.4 - Prob. 3CCCh. 35.4 - Prob. 4CCCh. 35 - Prob. 1RCCh. 35 - Prob. 2RCCh. 35 - Prob. 3RCCh. 35 - Prob. 1ALCh. 35 - Prob. 2ALCh. 35 - Prob. 3ALCh. 35 - Prob. 4ALCh. 35 - Prob. 5ALCh. 35 - Prob. 6AL
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