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Hemodialysis is frequently used for patients with kidney failure, but may also be used to quickly remove drugs or poisons in dangerous situations.

The first capital of Texas was Los Adaes in today’s Louisiana. 

Which of the following is not a required component of PCR?

A young woman presents to the infectious disease clinic with symptoms of Chagas disease. The image below is seen on a thin smear prepared for blood parasite evaluation. What is the likely identification of this organism?

A young woman presents to the infectious disease clinic with symptoms of Chagas disease. The image below is seen on a thin smear prepared for blood parasite evaluation. What is the likely identification of this organism?

A patient in Central Pennsylvania was seen by his local physician for a fever, chills, headache and body aches.  The physician noted a healed ulcer on the patient’s leg.  Upon further questioning, the patient had been hunting on and off during the season.  In the laboratory, the blood culture became positive with gram-negative, pleomorphic coccobacilli with 3 days.  On chocolate agar the colonies resembled Haemophilus but was oxidase negative and catalase positive.  The organism required additional testing at an appropriate reference laboratory.  Which of the following identifications would best fit these characteristics?

When the French settled along the coast of Texas in 1685 what happened next?

A physician has seen a number of community-acquired pneumonia cases in school-age children. What is the most likely cause of this disease?

The etiologic agent of epidemic typhus (louse-borne typhus) is which of the following?

Given the following information, calculate the needed FTEs.  Standard unit – 0.5 Number of billable tests in 14 days – 10,000