An Antibiogram Is Performed on a Sample from Your Patient's

question 39

Multiple Choice

An antibiogram is performed on a sample from your patient's wound. The causative agent is found to be resistant to methicillin and vancomycin. This indicates that

• A) her infection is untreatable and will likely be fatal within a few days.
• B) antibiotics such as linezolid, daptomycin, or tigecycline are needed to treat her.
• C) she likely acquired the organism in a community setting rather than in the hospital.
• D) the causative organism is likely a member of her intestinal normal microbiota.
• E) the causative organism does not produce the protein coagulase.

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Definitions:

Mesoderm

The middle layer of an embryo in early development, which gives rise to muscles, bones, and circulatory and excretory systems.

Epiblast Cells

The cells in the early embryo that give rise to all of the body's tissues and organs during development.

Germ Layer

One of three layers in the embryo (ectoderm, endoderm, or mesoderm) from which the four primary tissue types arise.

Implantation

The process by which a fertilized egg attaches itself to the lining of the uterus where it can then develop into a fetus.