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
