The nurse is assessing a 15-year-old client who’s being admitted for treatment of anorexia nervosa. Which clinical manifestation is the nurse most likely to find?  

All of the following are biochemical tests for the identification of Mycobacterium spp., except

What media are recommended for routine culturing of specimens for the recovery of acid-fast bacilli?

What is the name of the bacterium that plays an important role in the health of the female vaginal tract, protecting it against pathogens?

What organisms are described as partially acid fast and diphtheroid gram-positive rods with traces of branching on a Gram stain?

How has the treatment of mycobacterial disease changed in light of the multidrug-resistant strains of mycobacteria that are being isolated?

Several people from a picnic came down with a gastrointestinal disturbance, and public health officials suspected a case of food poisoning. The food was cultured, and after 24 hours of incubation the hot dogs yielded growth on SBA of small, round, smooth, translucent colonies surrounded by a narrow zone of β-hemolysis. A Gram stain showed gram-positive coccobacilli. Motility medium was inoculated and an umbrella pattern of motility was observed at room temperature. What organism was isolated as the cause of the illness?

A microbiologist notices growth on a LJ slant that is a buff color, rough, and seems arranged in a cord. It has taken these organisms 4 weeks to grow. What is the most probable organism?

What is the name of the Bacillus sp. that causes anthrax in cattle?

Identify ALL of the descriptive adjectives (not limiting adjectives).  Select all that apply.   Busy doctors in the hospital were tired.