1. A turbid blood culture bottle grew a flat, grey, non-hemolytic colony on BAP.  The gram stain reveled gram positive cocci.  The colonies were determined to be catalase negative.  Which of the following tests are most needed to identify this organism?

7. A stool specimen is submitted with a request for a Campylobacter culture.  The best culture method is:

  x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 P(x) 0.09 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.09 0.13 0.10 0.07 0.10 0.11     A random number generator is set to generate single digits between 0 and 9. One hundred and fifty random numbers are generated. The probability distribution for this random number generator is given below. What is the mean of this distribution?  (Do not round.)

9. A stool culture had the following results:  BAP: mixed flora, HEK media:  clear green colonies with black centers and a rare yellow colony.  The technologist should:

1. A turbid blood culture bottle grew a flat, grey, non-hemolytic colony on BAP.  The gram stain reveled gram positive cocci.  The colonies were determined to be catalase negative.  Which of the following tests are most needed to identify this organism?

4. A patient exhibits abdominal cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, fever and chills, and a bloody stool 10 to 12 hours after eating.  Which would be most likely to grow from the patient’s stool culture?

The primary role of the thalamus is to

Centuries ago, scientists found that removing parts of the ___ from animals caused them to stagger, fall, and act clumsy.

When Stoyka was a child, a brain disease required the surgical removal of her left cerebral hemisphere. Stoyka is now a successful college student who lives a normal life. Her success best illustrates the importance of 

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