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A Patient Comes to See You Complaining of a Spider

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A patient comes to see you complaining of a spider bite. He shows you a sore on his wrist—the area around it is red and swollen, and the lesion is leaking pus. The patient tells you he found a spider in his car, which is why he thinks this is a bite. He also tells you that he has been taking penicillin tablets that his wife had left over after being prescribed the drug a few months previously for pneumonia. Even though he has taken the tablets for four days, the lesion is not healing and that he is really feeling terrible, with pain, fever, and chills. You suspect that your patient has a wound infection, so you sample the pus and send it to the lab for analysis.
-You explain to your patient that there has been an increase in the number of strains of S. aureus that are now resistant to methicillin. The gene conferring resistance has moved from one strain to another via mobile gene elements, an example of which is a(n) ________.

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Part Time

Employment with fewer hours per week compared to full-time jobs, often offering less benefits and lower pay.

Voluntarily Retired

Individuals who have chosen to exit the workforce and end their professional careers by choice rather than by necessity or force.

CPI

The Consumer Price Index, a measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food, and medical care.

Inflation Rate

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