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Refer to the CDC Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States, 2013 PDF for a complete version of this text.

Read pages 58-62.

On page 58, the authors present a list of bacteria that pose a serious threat to the public.

How do text features such as those on Pages 59 and 61 refine this information?


A. They include graphs comparing the dangers various types of antibiotics pose to the general public.

B. They list websites that patients, travelers, and the general public can access to learn more about antibiotic resistance.

C. They detail the resistance concerns and the level of danger, give statistics, and display pictures of the bacteria.

D. They present charts showing statistical information about the progress in fighting antibiotic resistance threats.

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C is the correct answer.
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Answer: C. They detail the resistance concerns and the level of danger, give statistics, and display pictures of the bacteria.

Explanation:

The text features stress the most important information about the bacteria, its level of threat, statistics also found in the main body of text, and images to make them recognizable.

In the case of Acinetobacter, it´s pointed out that it causes 12,000 healthcare-associated infections a year, and around 500 deaths. About 7,300 of these infections are multidrug-resistant.  

Campylobacter is believed to cause around 1,300,000 infections a year, 310,000 of which are drug-resistant.

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