A 57-year-old male farmer sees his physician complaining of fever, night sweats, and lethargy that come and go over the past three months. The patient's history reveals that he raises sheep for wool and meat and goats for milk.
The physician suspects undulant fever. What is the optimal specimen(s) for culture of this suspected organism?
A) Lymph node biopsy
B) Blood
C) Bone marrow
D) All of the above
E) B and C
Question 2
Streptobacillus moniliformis is most easily isolated from blood cultures because it requires ________ for growth.
A) heme B) cysteine
C) serum D) 1 -ketoglutarate
Male and female roe deer
(A) The male pelvis (android) is shaped like a funnel, forming a narrower outlet than the female. (B
A physician is performing a colonoscopy on a client and viewing the internal structures of the colon
Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace (detail), from the Scrolls of Events of the Heiji Period.
Comparison of Female and Male Pelves
Male and female Lions (Panthera leo)