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Yeast is seen in a wound gram stain. The gram stain is reported as: gram positive yeast

Three sets of blood cultures were obtained from an adult patient with fever and suspected endocarditis. The aerobic bottle of one set had growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis at 5 days of incubation. This indicates that:

Given the following results, what is the most likely organism?     – small, white, gamma colony     – catalase positive     – coagulase negative

A group of swim team members breaks out in a rash (folliculitis) the day after swimming at the pool.  What organism is probably responsible for the outbreak?

What is a defining characteristic Proteus mirabilis?

Which of the follow organisms is oxidase positive?

When performing a Kirby Bauer Disk Diffusion test, how is the MIC interpreted?

The most important variable in the recovery of organisms in adult patients with bacteremia is:

Which organism can have a “weakly positive” catalase reaction?