This Study Correlating Fever with Growth of the Bacteria Causing

question 12

Multiple Choice

This study correlating fever with growth of the bacteria causing pneumococcal meningitis in rabbits demonstrated that _____________________.

• A) as body temperature increases so does the bacterial growth rate
• B) there is an inverse relationship between body temperature and bacterial growth rate
• C) harmful fever levels correlate with enhanced bacterial growth
• D) there is a logarithmic decline in bacterial growth with every 2^o F increase in fever