Upon admission to the inpatient unit, a respiratory sputum culture and blood culture are sent. Prior to obtaining the blood culture, you provide education to the patient. Which of the following statements, by the patient, best demonstrates understanding of the rationale for the blood culture?

The specimens are Gram-stained and analyzed microscopically. The laboratory technician observes spherical purple cells arranged in chains. Based upon this evidence, which of the following microbes is potentially the pathogen affecting the patient?

The county public health department is notified that an organism has been identified in a local lake, which is popular for water recreation and swimming. Acanthamoeba is familiar to the public health officials as an amoeba that can cause a fatal brain disease in both normal and immunocompromised individuals. An RN is a member of the taskforce assigned to the development and dissemination of community education. The team prepares information for the public to be released to media outlets and posted at the lake.

The patient asks you how she contracted this viral infection since she has not come in contact with anyone with anyone infected with shingles. Which of the following statements is an appropriate response?

A/An ____________  is an effusion that is caused by an increased in hydrostatic pressure and a decrease in plasma oncotic pressure. [BLANK-1]

The laboratory report shows that a motility test was performed on the sample with positive results. Thinking about bacterial movement, you are aware that this bacterium could possess which structure(s) for motility?

The patient is diagnosed with Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis infection, a foodborne illness. The identification of the bacterial subspecies of “serovar Enteritidis” is important for developing his treatment plan. What method of identification made it possible to identify the serovar type?

You provide education for the family about the laboratory findings. Which of the following statements correctly describes the medical importance of a bacterial capsule?

You are a RN working at an urban low-income medical clinic when a young woman enters crying. She is 19 years old and 28 weeks pregnant with her second child. The woman reports that she woke this morning to find she was leaking milky-colored fluid vaginally. Her first child was born 6 weeks early due to premature rupture of membranes and she is worried this is happening again. You reassure the patient, explain that a vaginal speculum exam will be performed, and educate her about specimens that will be collected. Once the proper specimens are obtained and appropriately labeled, the wet mount and culturette are sent to the laboratory for processing.

Ms. Hungh’s microscopy results are inconclusive. Culturing of the sputum is performed in order to isolate microbial growth for further analysis. Lowenstein-Jensen medium is utilized to allow the growth of Mycobacterium species if present in the sample, while preventing unwanted background organisms. What is the proper term for this type of medium?