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Which of the following is not a characteristic of a virus? 

A patient complains of a recurring gnawing or burning pain in the stomach one hour after each meal.  He has no fever or diarrhea.  A potential causative agent is:

The following pathogen is most commonly associated with nosocomial infections:

A patient was in a car accident and sustained injuries causing loss of blood supply to the soft tissue of one of his legs.  He developed an anaerobic wound infection where the tissues became swollen, putrid smelling and there was crepitus under the skin.  The most likely pathogen is a fermenting Gram-positive bacillus:

Which of these defenses against eye infection is a specific defense?

Infection with systemic fungi most commonly results from:

After hand washing, 30% more pathogenic bacteria remain on the hands of nurses who wear artificial fingernails than on the hands of nurses with natural nails.  Two mechanisms of bacterial attachment to the surfaces of fingernails are:

Which part of the human body would be expected to have the lowest numbers of microorganisms?

Transcription and translation are steps involved in the process of:

Redness, heat, edema (swelling), pain, and loss of function are local reactions due to: