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 Christensen’s media is used to detect ______ production in biopsy material tested for H. pylori.

Which of the following DOES NOT grow on BAP nor CHOC agar.

Legionnaire’s disease is primarily a ___ infection.

41. Staphylococcus aureus recovered from a wound culture gave the following antibiotic sensitivity pattern by the standardized Kirby-Bauer method (S = sensitive; R = resistant):             Penicillin = R                                      Cefoxitin = R             Ampicillin = S (moderate)                  Methicillin = R             Cephalothin = R                                  Vancomycin = S (moderate)               Which is the drug of choice for treating this infection? penicillin                                           cephalothin ampicillin                                         vancomycin

The natural habitat for Legionella pneumophila is the human ___ ___.

11. Characteristics indicating an appropriate sputum collection would be microscopic findings of   >25 epithelial cells, >25 white blood cells >25 epithelial cells,

Which of the following media have an H2S system incorporated into them?

12. What is the purpose of making cuts in the sheep blood agar when a throat culture is plated? To count the colonies growing after incubation To observe the appearance of any hemolysis present To determine whether the organism is lactose positive or negative To note the morphologic appearance of the colony growth

12. What is the purpose of making cuts in the sheep blood agar when a throat culture is plated? To count the colonies growing after incubation To observe the appearance of any hemolysis present To determine whether the organism is lactose positive or negative To note the morphologic appearance of the colony growth

20.  A reliable test for distinguishing Staphylococcus aureus from other staphylococci is    oxidase   coagluase  catalase   optochin susceptiblity