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A patient comes to the clinic coughing up blood and is thought to have a potential mycobacterial infection.  Which of the following antimicrobial drugs could you prescribe for the patient?

This narrow spectrum antimicrobial, made by Bacillus subtilis, blocks the elongation of peptidoglycan. This antimicrobial is found in Neosporin. 

The ___________________ of clinical infection is the time where the patient’s immune system responds and the symptoms begin to decline.

A client with COPD characterized by chronic coughing and increased mucus production. The nurse knows that these symptoms are most related to which disease?

Which of the following is not involved in attachment of bacteria to surfaces?

The nurse is presenting education regarding lung cancer. Which warning signals would the nurse include? (Select all that apply)

These microbes are commonly found as normal flora of the skin.

Name this item:

Dylan believes that his hard work, rather than luck or chance, resulted in his promotion at work. Dylan probably has __________. 

Before the field of psychology became an independent science, the study of the mind was conducted mainly by: