Science Homework Help. Grossmont College Diagnosis & Treatment of Guillain Barre Syndrome Questions
Med Micro III HW #2
1. Using the given link to an article and using other online sources, explain what Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is and what the symptoms are. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC28159…
2. Using the same article from #1, What are lipooligosaccharides (LOS) and how does LOS cause Guillain-Barre syndrome or GBS?
3. Based on the tabulated information above, enter the five-digit codes for the three organisms:
E. coli ________________ E. aerogenes __________________ K. pneumoniae _______________
4. The Path-CHEK system that we use to detect coliforms has a sensitivity of 13 colony forming units per centimeter squared. What does sensitivity mean? What does having a sensitivity of 13 CFU/cm2 mean in relation to interpreting a negative result?
5. Using online sources, list other detection systems that are being used to monitor coliforms in the environment such as water reservoirs
Medical Microbiology Homework
1a. Based on the results you recorded in Table 2 and compared to the data in Table 1, what Lancefield group is S. pyogenes in? What are the major features of this organism that places it in this group?
1b. What major diseases are caused by this organism? Does it occur as normal flora, and if so, where in the body does it reside?
2a. Based on the results you recorded in Table 2 and compared to the data in Table 1, what Lancefield group is S. agalactiae in? What are the major features of this organism that places it in this group?
2b. What major diseases are caused by this organism? Does it occur as normal flora, and if so, where in the body does it reside?
3a. Based on the results you recorded in Table 2 and compared to the data in Table 1, what Lancefield group is S. pneumoniae in? What are the major features of this organism that places it in this group?
3b. What major diseases are caused by this organism? Does it occur as normal flora, and if so, where in the body does it reside?
4a. Based on the results you recorded in Table 2 and compared to the data in Table 1, what Lancefield group is S. mitis in? What are the major features of this organism that places it in this group?
4b. What major diseases are caused by this organism? Does it occur as normal flora, and if so, where in the body does it reside?
5a. Based on the results you recorded in Table 2 and compared to the data in Table 1, what Lancefield group is E. faecalis in? What are the major features of this organism that places it in this group?
5b. What major diseases are caused by this organism? Does it occur as normal flora, and if so, where in the body does it reside?
