A 65-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | USMLE Biochemistry Videos & Books

A 65-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and type II diabetes mellitus comes to the emergency department due to profound fevers and malaise. After initial evaluation, she is hospitalized for septicemia. Blood cultures plated on lactose-containing media grow rapidly dividing gram-negative bacteria. Replication of these microbial cells requires synthesis of two daughter strands of DNA using the parent strands as templates.