The goals for the LTC experience must be submitted by _______________ either the Monday or Wednesday before the assigned experiences. 

What is the name of the basketball team that plays in Los Angeles?

Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are extremely sensitive to environmental conditions. Specimens submitted for their recovery should never be held   at incubator temperature in an increased CO2 environment in a moist state at refrigerator temperature

One day a 4-year old child complains of severe anal itching. That evening when the child had fallen sleep, the mother takes a flashlight and examines her anus and sees the following. What is the cause of the child’s pruritus?                      

The commonly used confirmatory test for HIV infection is the _____.   Enzyme immunosorbent assay Northern blot Lymulus amebiocyte lysate assay Western blot

Gram stain of an infected wound caused by a cat bite showed gram-negative coccobacilli. The most likely isolate will be:   Haemophilus influenzae  Pasteurella multocida Brucella abortus   Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Which of the following diseases is NOT associated with Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS)?                 

In the Kirby-Bauer agar disk diffusion susceptibility test, a steady decrease in zone diameter of the penicillin disks obtained with the control organism may occur because:   the control organism strain is too old penicillin disks were not stored frozen pH of the agar is less than 7.2 Mueller-Hinton agar is too thick

A tech is working on a wond culture and identifies Staphylococcus aureus in the culture. When inputting the results in the laboratory information system (LIS), the tech accidently enters Staphylococcus epidermidis instead. How should the tech handle correcting this report? 

A substrate incorporated into media to demonstrate hydrogen sulfide production by certain bacteria is:   Ferrous ammonium sulfate Sodium thioglycollate Para-aminobenzoic acid Potassium phosphate