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Beheh

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on: Jun 25, 2018
A positive blood culture vial reveals gram-negative rods. After subculture, the organism grew as
   Sheep blood agar: large, gray colonies with beta-hemolysis
   MacConkey agar: round, smooth, pink colonies
   Phenylethyl alcohol agar: no growth
  Rapid
 
  testing revealed
   Oxidase: no color change
   Pigment: none observed
   Spot indole: red-pink
  The organism is
  A) Proteus mirabilis. B) Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
  C) Escherichia coli. D) Proteus vulgaris.

Question 2

A patient with hypoglycorrhachia is often associated with which of the following?
 
  A) Pericarditis B) Meningitis
  C) Peritoneal hemorrhage D) Multiple sclerosis


kaykay69

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B


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