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A child with sickle cell anemia is prone to osteomyelitis caused by
 
  A) Candida albicans. B) Aspergillus spp.
  C) Mycobacterium tuberculosis. D) Salmonella spp.

Question 2

A tracheal aspirate, obtained from a comatose patient on a ventilator, grew an oxidase-positive non-lactose fermenter that produced a distinctive odor of sliced apples.
 
  It proved to be:
   Motile: positive
   Nitrate: red after addition of reagents A, B, and zinc
   OF medium:
   open tubes: glucose: blue, maltose: blue, lactose: blue, sucrose: blue
   closed tubes: glucose: green, maltose: green, lactose: green, sucrose: green
  This organism is
  A) Acinetobacter baumannii. B) Elizabethkingia meningosepticum.
  C) Alcaligenes faecalis. D) Moraxella nonliquefaciens.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

C



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