Abigail was delivered by emergency caesarean section at only 25 weeks gestation. She was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) where she was fed intravenously. Starting on day 19, Abigail began receiving expressed breast milk from her mother. Two days later, her condition worsened and she developed signs of sepsis. This potentially fatal condition results from the body’s reaction to an uncontrolled infection. Treatment with the broad-spectrum antibiotics cefotaxime and gentamicin was initiated, and colonies of Klebsiella pneumoniae were recovered from samples of Abigail’s blood. Signs of sepsis persisted for another 4 days, at which point the doctors switched her to treatment with another antibiotic (meropenem). This treatment was continued 10 days, after which Abigail made a full recovery.
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium in the same family as E. coli: Enterobacteriaceae. Its virulence factors include lipopolysaccharide and an extensive capsule that contributes to its ability to do what?
Choose one:
transfer antibiotic resistance to other bacteria
acquire iron from host serum
evade phagocytosis by host white blood cells
resist destruction by boiling or steam-sterilization
Both cefotaxime and meropenem are beta-lactam antibiotics. These work by interfering with which?
Choose one:
protein synthesis
transcription
DNA replication
motility
peptidoglycan synthesis
This was an isolated case among the infants in the NICU. What was the most likely source of Abigail's infection?
Choose one:
A. the surgeon who conducted the C-section
B. the breast milk
C. the intravenous fluids
D. vertical transmission from the mother (i.e., in utero)

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Sepsis in the NICU Abigail Was delivered by emergency caesarean section at only 25 weck gestation. She was taken to the neonatal intencive care unit (NICU/ where she Was fed intravenously. Starting on day 19, Abigail began recelving expressed breast milk from her mother, Two days later, her condition worsened and she develoged signs of sepsis. This potentially fatal condition results from the body's reaction to an uncontrolled infection. Treatment with the broadspectrum antibiotics cefotaxime and gentamicin was initiated, and colonies of Klebsicila preumoniae were recovered fromsamples of Abigails blood. Siges of sepsis persisted for another 4 days, at which point the doctors switched her to treatment with another antibiotic (meropenem]. This treatment was continued 10 days, after which Abigail made a full recovery. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative bacterium in the same family as E. coli. Enterobacteriaceae. Its virulence factors inch lipopolysaccharide and an extensive capsule that contributes to its ability to do what? Choose one: acquire iron from host serum transfer antibiotic resistance to other bacteria resist destruction by boiling or steam-sterilization evade phagocytosis by host white blood cells Part 2 (1 point) Both cefotaxime and meropenem are beta-lactam antibiotics. These work by interfering with which? Choose one: motility transcription protein synthesis DNA replication peptidoglycan synthesis Part 3 (1 point) This was an isolated case among the infants in the NICU. What was the most likely source of Abigail's infection? Choose one: A. the intravenous fluids B. the breast milk C. vertical transmission from the mother (i.e., in utero) D. the surgeon who conducted the C-section