The nurse is caring for a client with obesity and arthritis who was admitted to the hospital for treatment of pneumonia. The client has intertrigo under bilateral breasts and abdominal folds. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to improve this condition? 

Taenia solium and Taenia saginata can be differentiated by the _____ (M53-7; Level 2):

A medium sized, beta hemolytic, GPC was isolated from a wound.  Tests indicate it was catalase positive, slide coagulase negative, tube coagulase positive, and grew up to the edge of the cefoxitin disk.  What should be reported to the physician (M13-2, 3, 4; Level 3)?

Carefully review the objects in the image below. Then, choose the vocabulary word from the drop-down menu that matches each.

Which stage of Coccidioides immitis is found in tissue (M60-10, 11, 15; Level 1)?

An elderly patient with pneumonia on a ventilator produces a gelatinous dark red sputum sample from which an encapsulated gram-negative rod is isolated.  The organism is non-motile, VP positive, and produces an A/A reaction on TSI with gas.  This organism is most likely:

The stage of Strongyloides stercoralis most commonly identified in the stool is the (M50-5; Level 2):

Listen carefully as I spell two vocabulary words. Write the words in the box below. Be sure to number your responses. If you need special characters, feel free to copy from these: á é í ó ú ñ ¿ ¡  

All of the following help to differentiate Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton rubrum EXCEPT (M59-14;  Level 2):

A culture is taken from a nodule near a puncture wound on a gardener’s forearm.  A mold at room temp showed septate hyphae with a daisy-flower conidia arrangement.  At 37°C this culture produced cigar-shaped yeast.  This organism is most likely (M60-10, 15, 17, 21; Level 3):