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15.1 Characteristics of infectious disease  (Page 8/12)

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8 / 12  During an oral surgery, the surgeon nicked the patient’s gum with a sharp instrument. This allowed Streptococcus , a bacterium normally present in the mouth, to gain access to the blood. As a result, the patient developed bacterial endocarditis (an infection of the heart). Which type of disease is this?
A  iatrogenic
B  nosocomial
C  vectors
D  zoonotic
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Source:  OpenStax, Microbiology. OpenStax CNX. Nov 01, 2016 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col12087/1.4
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