Individuals considered at greatest risk for dairy farmers. contracting brucellosis are: Facultative, intracellular parasitic bacteria in both intracellular and extracellular are those that are able to: environments Organisms belonging to the gram-negative coccobacilli genus are: Brucella Although susceptibility testing is not Doxycycline and rifampin in vitro reliable, which regimen of antibiotics is recommended for infections? Brucella The animal reservoir for sheep or goats Brucella is: melitensis Pertussis (whooping cough) is an epidemic spp Bordetella disease that is a highly contagious, acute infection of the upper respiratory tract caused by the The mode of transmission of person-to-person contact Bordetella can best be described as pertussis During the catarrhal stage of pertussis, nose and mild cough symptoms are During the paroxysmal stage of pertussis, severe and violent coughing symptoms are Acceptable specimens for the detection nasopharyngeal aspirates of are Bordetella pertussis Because of its longer shelf life, the medium Regan-Lowe agar of choice to cultivate spp. is Bordetella Which of the following toxins contributes to Adenylate cyclase toxin the virulence of and Bordetella pertussis works by hemolyzing red cells and activating cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which inactivates several types of host immune cells? colonies growing on Mercury-drop colonies Bordetella pertussis Regan-Lowe medium yields which of the following colonial morphologic appearances? A nasopharyngeal aspirate is cultured on Azithromycin Bordet-Gengou agar, and growth is observed. The colonies are also subjected to a direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) stain, which is also positive. On the basis of these findings, the antimicrobial therapy that should be administered to the patient is
Individuals considered at greatest risk for contracting brucellosis are: dairy farmers. Facultative, intracellular parasitic bacteria are those that are able to: in both intracellular and extracellular environments Organisms belonging to the genus Brucella are: gram-negative coccobacilli Although in vitro susceptibility testing is not reliable, which regimen of antibiotics is recommended for Brucella infections? Doxycycline and rifampin The animal reservoir for Brucella melitensis is: sheep or goats Pertussis (whooping cough) is an epidemic disease that is a highly contagious, acute infection of the upper respiratory tract caused by the Bordetella spp The mode of transmission of Bordetella pertussis can best be described as person-to-person contact During the catarrhal stage of pertussis, symptoms are nose and mild cough During the paroxysmal stage of pertussis, symptoms are severe and violent coughing Acceptable specimens for the detection of Bordetella pertussis are nasopharyngeal aspirates Because of its longer shelf life, the medium of choice to cultivate Bordetella spp. is Regan-Lowe agar Which of the following toxins contributes to the virulence of Bordetella pertussis and works by hemolyzing red cells and activating cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which inactivates several types of host immune cells? Adenylate cyclase toxin Bordetella pertussis colonies growing on Regan-Lowe medium yields which of the following colonial morphologic appearances? Mercury-drop colonies A nasopharyngeal aspirate is cultured on Bordet-Gengou agar, and growth is observed. The colonies are also subjected to a direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) stain, which is also positive. On the basis of these findings, the antimicrobial therapy that should be administered to the patient is Azithromycin
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