This figure shows the relative incidence of pneumonia caused by various microorg

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This figure shows the relative incidence of pneumonia caused by various microorganisms. Vaccines are available to prevent 45. Viruses Legionella enteric bocteria Coxiella burneti Moraxello cotornholis Other a. all of the bacterial forms of pneumonia. b. the most common and least common bacterial causes of pneumonia. c. viral forms of pneumonia. d. the form of pneumonia that occurs most frequently in the elderly. 46. The Ghon complex shown in this figure is indicative of infection by a. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. b. Bacillus anthracis. c. Blastomyces dermatitidis. d. Coccidioides immitis.

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46) OPTION A is correct . Ghon's complex is a lesion seen in the lung that is caused by tuberculosis. The lesions consist of a calcified focus of infection and an associated lymph node.

45) Pneumococcal vaccination is a method of preventing a specific type of lung infection (pneumonia) that is caused by the pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) bacterium.

There are more than 80 different types of pneumococcus bacteria,23 of them covered by the vaccine.

The vaccine is injected into the body to stimulate the normal immune system to produce antibodies that are directed against pneumococcus bacteria.

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