Why Would Normal Flora Isolates from Immunosuppressed Patients Undergo Antimicrobial

question 13

Multiple Choice

Why would normal flora isolates from immunosuppressed patients undergo antimicrobial susceptibility testing?

• A) These are not normal florae; they are other potential pathogens that have the colonial morphology as normal florae.
• B) Species usually viewed as normal florae may be responsible for an infection in an immunosuppressed patient.
• C) All bacteria isolated from immunosuppressed patients must have antimicrobial susceptibility tests performed.
• D) Cultures from immunosuppressed patients only grow pathogenic organisms that must undergo antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

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Definitions:

Great Cardiac Veins

The great cardiac veins are large veins on the surface of the heart that drain blood from the heart muscle.

Coronary Arteries

The arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle itself, crucial for heart function.

Fibrous Pericardium

The tough outer layer of the pericardium that protects the heart and anchors it within the thorax.

Serous Pericardium

The thin, transparent layer of tissue forming the inner lining of the pericardium, which secretes serous fluid to reduce friction during heartbeats.