A catalase-positive, gram-positive short rod, was recovered…
A catalase-positive, gram-positive short rod, was recovered from the blood of a prenatal patient. The organism appeared on a 5% sheep blood as white colonies surrounded by a small zone of beta hemolysis. The following tests were performed, indicating the patient was infected with which organism? Motility= positive (tumbling on wet prep) room temperature; Motility = positive (umbrella shaped on semisolid agar) room temperature; Glucose= positive (fermentation); Esculin = positive; VP – positive.
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If a pinpoint colony on blood agar after 24 hours of incubation is isolated, and if the colony is oxidase-, urease-, and indole-negative, and also exhibits bipolar staining on Gram stain, then the suspect bioterror agent is most likely:
Read Details“Clue cells” are seen on a smear of vaginal discharge obtain…
“Clue cells” are seen on a smear of vaginal discharge obtained from an 18-year old female ER patient. This finding, along with a fishy odor (amine) after the addition of 10% KOH, suggests bacterial vaginosis caused by which organism?
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