micro3 - recall

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67 yr old man is hospitalized with low grade fever,fatigue and distolic murmer at the left sternal border .blood culture revels gram positive cocci that are catlase negative and able to grow in 6.5% saline.this pt medical history most likily to reveal wich of the following prcedure in the past month..

A dental extraction
B skin biopsy
C sinus drainage
D nasal polypectomy
E cystoscopy

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eee

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E is the answer.

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recall, ulise, jjliu,.. what bacteria are you thinking of ?
can you explain why,. i woundt have picked cystoscopy..

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E for E. Faecalis, Infectious endocarditis.
What is the mecanism of drug resistance of this bug

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awww E. faecalis ok ...
drug resistance??? is it by conjugation???

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Vancomycin resistant strains of E. faecalis have terminal d-ala-d-ala replaced by d-ala-d-lactate in the peptidoglycan later

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tona is right for resistance, let see if recall agree with us

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tona is correct

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great ..sorry to reply late due to net problum...u all are absolutly right ...well let me post other q for u nice pplz
ulise ..good job