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Approaching fever after recent foreign travel.
Fever + travel = exclude malaria first.
Gram Stain
A differential stain that classifies bacteria by their cell-wall structure.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
The acid-fast bacillus that causes tuberculosis.
Malaria
A protozoal disease caused by Plasmodium, spread by the female Anopheles mosquito.
Staphylococcus vs Streptococcus
The two major groups of Gram-positive cocci, told apart at the bench.
Sterilisation vs Disinfection
Two different levels of removing microbes from instruments and surfaces.
HIV / AIDS
A retrovirus that destroys CD4 T-cells, causing progressive immunodeficiency.