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Case Study for Microbiology 2. A 22-y/o male graduate student just returned from

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Question

Case Study for Microbiology 2. A 22-y/o male graduate student just returned from the Arizona desert, where he studied the behavior within prairie dog colonies. His left armpit has been extremely sore for several days, and he just started to wheeze during breathing. You immediately start antibiotics and hope for the best. As the patient recovers, his sputum culture revealed distinct safety pin cell morphology. (a) What did disease did the guy have and (b) what caused it. (c) Name two very different mules by which he might have been infected. (d) What are the ''growths'' causing the soreness in his armpit called?

Explanation / Answer

a .the guy died of flea - illness plague.

b. bacteria caused the disease.

c. the two main agents can be ---- 1. gram negative coccobacillus 2. staphylococcus.

d. bacteial colonies.