OVERVIEW gram positive bacilli that form weakly acid-fast beaded branching filaments found worldwide in soil and some form part of healthy oral flora usually transmitted by inhalation or traumatic inoculation disease of the immunocompromised – esp T-cell mediated immunity (AIDS,…
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With winter comes norovirus. This Q&A post tests your knowledge of what may be the perfect human pathogen.
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Australia CAP - 'Microbial Mystery' of case-based Q&As focusing on causative organisms and antibiotic selection.
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