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A 49-year-old male with AIDS presents with fever, sepsis, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Blood cultures drawn demonstrate a fusiform gram-negative rod after five days of incubation.
 
  The organism grows on sheep blood and chocolate agars after 48 hours incubation in a carbon dioxide atmosphere. It proves to be oxidase and catalase positive. What information in the patient history could help correlate the source of this organism with its identification?
  A) History of alcoholism or homelessness B) Recent dental manipulation
  C) History of exposure to animals D) Recent travel history

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Gene biochips perform by
 
  A) attaching a probe to the oligonucleotide for detection once hybridized.
  B) attaching gene sequences of about 30 oligonucleotides on the surface.
  C) both A and B.
  D) neither A nor B.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
Gracias!

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