An 11-year-old girl is experiencing symptoms of fever and sore throat, and a throat swab was taken for culture. After the culture, which bag should be used to discard the swab?
ABlue bag
BRed bag
CWhite bag
DYellow bag
EBlack bag
Pneumonic plague is spread by:
ADirect contact with infected tissue
BBite of infected flea
CIngestion of contaminated food
DDroplet infection
A 19 year old college student presents to the student health clinic complaining of weakness, malaise, and a chronic cough. He has a fever of 100 degrees F and a dry cough; no sputum can be obtained for laboratory analysis, so a bronchial lavage is performed and the washings are submitted to the laboratory. The laboratory reports that the organism is "slow-growing." Serodiagnosis reveals Strep MG agglutinins in the patient's serum. Which of the following organisms is the most likely cause of this student's illness?
ARespiratory syncytial virus
BMycoplasma pneumoniae
CKlebsiella pneumoniae
DParainfluenza virus
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