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Microbiology
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...hallmark of disease etiology: (1) the microorganism must be present in every diseased animal...isolated from healthy animals; (2) the microorganism must be isolated from the animal and...3) an animal inoculated with the microorganism must develop the disease; (4) the...
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Sputum Culture
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...culture is done to find and identify the microorganism causing an infection of the lower respiratory...an infection of the lung). If a microorganism is found, more testing is done to...infection; a culture can grow the microorganism causing the infection. The microorganism...
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Biological Weapons, Genetic Identification
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...sequence of nucleotides is unique to the microorganism (e.g., a gene encoding a toxin...PCR can be used to detect a specific microorganism from among the other organisms present...the genetic material (genome) of a microorganism can also be deduced using techniques...
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Blood Culture
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...laboratory to find and identify any microorganism present and growing in the blood. If a microorganism is found, more testing is done to...the best likelihood of finding the microorganism. The second and third cultures may...
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Skin Culture
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...a test that is done to identify the microorganism (bacteria, fungus, or virus) causing...normal flora." Abnormal results A microorganism is considered to be a cause of the...it is either the only or predominant microorganism that grew, if it grew in large numbers...
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Antimetabolites
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...metabolism occurs is interrupted and the microorganism dies. Classic examples of antimetabolite...bacterium ingests a sulfa compound, the microorganism attempts to make folic acid using the...protein synthesis in the cell of a microorganism or with the synthesis of a cell wall...
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Wound Culture
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...is done to find and identify the microorganism causing an infection in a wound or an abscess. If a microorganism is found, more testing is done to...wound culture discovers which type of microorganism is causing the infection and the...
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Pneumonia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...microscope can often suggest the infecting microorganism. For example, if only pairs of small...three days. Isolation of a specific microorganism allows the physician to select an antibiotic...will be most effective against this microorganism. Unfortunately most elderly persons...
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Immune Deficiencies
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...cells of the immune system. When a foreign substance or microorganism enters the body, phagocytes (FAH-go-sites) often...marking it (and with it, the entire foreign substance or microorganism) for destruction by other cells. Antibodies also summon...
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Vaginal Pain
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...Inflammation of tissues that surround the brain and spinal cord. Microorganism — An organism that is too small to be seen with...some type of life form, such as a plant, an animal, or a microorganism. Plague — A highly infectious disease that can...
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