Author Question: Individuals infected with toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae must be treated with A) ... (Read 95 times)

erika · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

Individuals infected with toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae must be treated with

A) penicillin. B) DPT vaccine. C) antitoxin. D) A and C. E) B and C.

Question 2

A leg wound from a 15-year-old male football player yields:

Heavy growth of Staphylococcus aureus
Light growth of Staphylococcus not S. aureus
Light growth of Diphtheroids
Light growth of viridians Streptococcus
The microbiologist should
A) report the Staphylococcus aureus and call the other organisms normal skin flora.
B) report each of the organisms isolated individually.
C) report all four organisms as normal skin flora.
D) perform further testing on the diphtheroids.