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torybrooks

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You and your best friend get into a fist fight. Your knuckles are torn and bleeding afterwards. What organism are you likely to isolate if your wounds become infected?
 
  A) Kingella kingae B) Eikenella corrdens
  C) Cardiobacterium hominis D) Aggregatibacter aphrophilus

Question 2

A 48-year-old liver transplant recipient celebrates his newfound health by spending a week on the beach in Florida. He swims, suns, and indulges in his favorite seafood, oysters.
 
  About four days into his vacation, he develops a rapidly spreading cellulitis and fluid-filled blisters on his right leg. Culture of the lesions reveals an oxidase-positive, gram-negative rod that is halophilic. You suspect the organism to be
  A) Vibrio vulnificus. B) Vibrio cholerae.
  C) Aeromonas hydrophila. D) Pseudomonas aeruginosa.



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A



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