Which Is the Causative Agent of the Upper Respiratory Tract

question 72

Multiple Choice

Which is the causative agent of the upper respiratory tract infection characterized by the formation of a pseudomembrane on the tonsils or in the throat?

• A) Corynebacterium diphtheriae
• B) Streptococcus pneumoniae
• C) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• D) Mycoplasma pneumoniae
• E) Bordetella pertussis

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a set of data, indicating the spread or dispersion of the data points.

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical dispersion, representing the difference between the upper (75th percentile) and lower (25th percentile) quartiles in a dataset.

Middle 50%

A statistical term referring to the interquartile range, which is the range between the 25th percentile and the 75th percentile of a data set.