Author Question: An 8-year-old female was admitted with a complaint of right lower quadrant pain. She was taken to ... (Read 328 times)

Tazate · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

An 8-year-old female was admitted with a complaint of right lower quadrant pain. She was taken to surgery for removal of her appendix.

The appendix appeared normal, but lymph nodes in the peritoneal cavity were inflamed. Cultures of the nodes were taken and sent to the microbiology department. The organism that grew appeared as clear colonies on MAC and provided the following reactions:
TSI A/A 37C SIM // 25C SIM //+
MR/VP +/ PAD Urea +
Citrate ONPG + Arginine
Lysine Ornithine +
This is organism will also produce
A) DNase. B) clear colonies on XLD agar.
C) lipase. D) bulls-eye colonies on CIN agar.

Question 2

The diagnosis of pinworm infection requires specimen collection to be completed

A) between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. B) anytime during the day or night.
C) over a 24-hour period. D) first thing in the morning.