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The following results were obtained on a 73 year old black male: ALP 175 IU/I. (ULN = 100) GGT 4 IU/I. (ULN = 6) ALT 13 IU/I. (ULN = 29) **ULN=upper limit of normal Which of the following diseases do these results most correlate with?

A large gram-positive, spore-forming bacillus has been isolated from a wound in the arm of a man working in a leather factory.  Which tests would help identify the organism as Bacillus anthracis?

A statement that describes what the learner will be able to do after successfully completing a particular educational experience is:

Diagnostic specificity is defined as:

Twelve weeks after the onset of the disease, which of the following would be diagnostic for acute hepatitis B?

An increase value in which of the following lab tests indicates increased extravascular hemolysis? urine urobilinogen haptoglobin plasma hemoglobin indirect bilirubin urine uroporphyrinogen

Cutaneous disease involving the skin, hair, and nails usually indicates an infection with a:

Which of the following is sensitive to a disc of bacitracin with a concentration of 0.04 units?

Quantitation of protein by biuret reagent depends on

An acid-fast bacillus (AFB) has been isolated from the sputum of a patient suspected to have a mycobacterial pulmonary disease.  The organism is a slow-growing isolate that produces cream- to tan-colored colonies when grown in the dark in the incubator and after exposure to light.  This organisim is most likely which of the following mycobacteria?