The image below shows the results of O-F media. The organism is considered to be

A first morning sputum is received for culture of mycobacteria. It is digested and concentrated by the NALC method. Two Lowenstein Jensen slants are incubated in the dark at 35 degrees C with 5-10% CO2. the smears reveal acid fast bacilli and after 7 days, no growth appears on the slants. The best explanation is:

A Gram-negative bacillus isolated from a stool specimen which appears curved on the Gram stain and grows best at 42 degrees C in reduced oxygen and increased carbon dioxide is most likely:

In ______, amplification and product detection occur in the same reaction vessel, and target nucleic acid is detected by fluorescent probes as the hybrids form.

The following growth represents an organism that:

A reactive result was obtained when a Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test was performed on a patient’s serum.  The technologist should now:

Match the specific erythrocyte indices with the appropriate formula.

One of the easiest ways to distinguish anemia of acute blood loss from anemia of chronic blood loss in the lab is that

What group of organisms is considered normal flora of the upper respiratory tract of cats and dogs? These organisms may be the causative agent of “cat scratch fever”.

A7 and E agar are media enriched with sterol and used for the isolation of which of the following?