Special handling or methods are required when blood cultures are requested on a patient to recover any of the following organisms EXCEPT

Respiratory secretions from a patient receiving inhalation therapy reveals a nonmotile gram-negative coccobacillary rod that grows on MacConkey agar as lactose-negative colony at 24 hrs.  A large battery of conventional biochemical tests yields the following reactions:O-F glucose (aerobic): acidO-F glucose (anaerobic): alkalineOxidase: neg, TSI: Alk/no change, ONPG: neg, Motility: negAdditional oxidative (aerobic) testing:  Lactose: acid, Maltose: alkaline, Mannitol: alkaline, Sucrose: alkaline, Xylose: acid This organism is most likely:

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Members of the Bacteroides fragilis group can be best selected by setting up which of the following media on the primary culture?

Characteristics of the HACEK group of bacteria include

A sputum culture yields predominantly alpha-hemolytic, flat colonies on sheep-blood agar that on Gram’s stain reveal gram-positive cocci in pairs. Which biochemical tests will aid in the identification of this isolate?

Lyme disease is caused by the bite of a tick infected with

Steps involved in viral replication include all the following except

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PAAST Corp. has outstanding accounts receivable totaling $1.27 million as of December 31 and sales on credit during the year of $6.4 million. There is also a debit balance of $6,000 in the allowance for doubtful accounts. If the company estimates that 2% of its accounts receivable will be uncollectible, what will be the balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts after the year-end adjustment to record bad debt expense?