After 48-hours of incubation, a dialysate fluid culture is growing grayish-white, mucoid, nonhemolytic colonies on sheep blood agar and flat, clear colonies on MacConkey.  The organism is oxidase-negative.  The organism isolated is most likely to be identified as:

A missionary returning from a trip to Southeast Asia is diagnosed as having scrub typhus.  What organism is responsible?

Normally, one would not find glucose in the urine because:

The main function of Protein S is:

Given the following data from serum:            N=Normal         E=Elevated       D=Decreased            protein 4.2 (D)               Albumin 1.9 (D)            Calcium 7.8 (D)             Phosphorus 2.9 (N)            Glucose 98 (N)              Urea 40 (E)            Uric Acid 8.2 (E)            Creatinine 2.7 (E)            Bilirubin 0.8 (N)              ALP 18 (N)            LD 50 (N)                      AST 30 (N)            The organ(s) most likely involved is (are)

If the RBC histogram shows a shift to the right which of the following abnormalities would be indicated?

An anaerobic organism with the following characteristics is isolated:Gram-negative BacilliResistant to penicillin (2 U Disc) and kanamycin (1 mg Disc), sensitive to rifampin(15 mg disc)Hydrolyses esculinGrows in presence of 20% of bileOn LD bile agar produces precipitate            The organism is most likely to be:

The following results were obtained on a 73 year old black male: ALP 175 IU/I. (ULN = 100) GGT 4 IU/I. (ULN = 6) ALT 13 IU/I. (ULN = 29) **ULN=upper limit of normal Which of the following diseases do these results most correlate with?

A statement that describes what the learner will be able to do after successfully completing a particular educational experience is:

Diagnostic specificity is defined as: