A 82 year-old woman is admitted to the hospital from an assi…
A 82 year-old woman is admitted to the hospital from an assisted living facility with mental status changes, fever, urinary frequency and abdominal pain. Urinalysis dipstick indicates a positive leukocyte esterase, WBC, RBC and positive nitrate. Urine culture grew > 100,000 colonies/ mL of large grey colonies on BAP and clear colonies on MAC. Based on the following biochemical reactions, what is the likely cause of the patient’s UTI? Indole = pos MR = pos Citrate = neg Urea = hot pink TSI = K/A Ornithine = pos PAD = pos Sucrose = neg Mannitol = neg Adonitol = neg
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