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Title: Patients receiving lipid-supplemented parenteral nutrition are at risk for developing fungemia ...
Post by: asimpson77 on Feb 20, 2018
Patients receiving lipid-supplemented parenteral nutrition are at risk for developing fungemia caused by which organism?
 
  a. Histoplasma capsulatum
  b. Malassezia furfur
  c. Coccidioides immitis
  d. Candida albicans



The drug of choice for the parasite Blastocystis hominis, which is believed to produce proteases and is considered a virulence factor responsible for its pathogenesis, is:
 
  a. metronidazole.
  b. albendazole.
  c. tetracycline.
  d. nitazoxanide.



A phenotypic technique that examines an organism's susceptibility to bacterial peptides (proteins) is:
 
  a. biotyping.
  b. antibiograms.
  c. serotyping.
  d. bacteriocin typing.



Which of the following bacterial species is part of animal flora and transmitted to humans during close animal contact, including bites?
 
  a. S. paucimobilis
  b. Eikenella corrodens
  c. P. multocida
  d. W. virosa



An infection acquired by a hospitalized patient that was not present when he or she entered the hospital is referred to as a(n) _____ infection.
 
  a. autonomous
  b. nosocomial
  c. opportunistic
  d. septic


Title: Patients receiving lipid-supplemented parenteral nutrition are at risk for developing fungemia ...
Post by: scottypederman on Feb 20, 2018
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