If You Were Just Diagnosed with a Serious Bacterial Disease

question 60

Multiple Choice

If you were just diagnosed with a serious bacterial disease, which of these would predict the most positive outcome for treatment? The disease was acquired in a

• A) hospital, where most of the bacteria are probably already weakened by antibiotics in the environment.
• B) livestock barn where the animals have been treated with antibiotics.
• C) big city where antibiotics are routinely prescribed by doctors.
• D) remote, sparsely populated area where the bacteria have not been exposed to antibiotic drugs.

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Definitions:

Energy Content

The amount of energy present in a substance or system, which can be released or absorbed during a chemical or physical process.

Fuel

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