While all of the following are important collection criteria to ensure the recovery of intracellular organisms, which is probably the most important?
A) Presence of epithelial cells in the specimen B) Material used to collect the specimen
C) Appropriate site of specimen collection D) Time of collection of the specimen
Question 2
A potentially fatal systemic response to the presence of organisms in the bloodstream is called
A) endocarditis. B) septic shock. C) sepsis. D) septicemia.