Author Question: A technologist inoculates a chocolate agar with a stock culture of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. She ... (Read 36 times)

imowrer · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A technologist inoculates a chocolate agar with a stock culture of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. She forgets to subculture the organism at 48 hours. At 72 hours, she realizes her mistake and subcultures the organism to a new chocolate agar.

At 24 hours, the subculture is not growing. On a growth curve, the organism is displaying the
A) exponential phase. B) lag phase. C) stationary phase. D) death phase

Question 2

A boy, age 8, is seen in the emergency room with fever. The physician suspects meningitis and collects blood cultures and cerebrospinal fluid. What total volume of blood should be collected from this patient for culture?

A) 8 mL B) 20 mL C) 4 mL D) 16 mL