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A deficiency of Vitamin D correlates with which condition?

A cloudy CSF sample grew short gram-positive rods and exhibited a narrow zone of beta hemolysis on sheep blood agar. The organism is catalase positive, hydrolyzes esculin, and demonstrates motility. Identify the genus of this organism:

Hemoglobin A2 is composed of the following globin chains:

A flat, colorless colony is isolated on MacConkey from a stool specimen. The isolate has an Alkaline/Acid reaction on TSI with gas and abundant H2S production.  The citrate utilization test, ornithine and lysine decarboxylation tests, and methyl red tests are all positive.  The laboratory scientist should report:

Infection with which of the following parasites can manifest in symptoms resembling infectious mononucleosis and is acquired by eating contaminated undercooked lamb or pork or by ingestion or inhalation of the oocyst from cat feces?

Based on the cells in the image below, what is the most likely diagnosis?Further testing indicates that most of these cells are CD 19, CD 22, and CD 5 positive.

On a Wright’s stained blood smear, most RBCs appear macrocytic and normochromic. This morphology reflects what type of defect?

A hypercellular bone marrow M:E ratio is 9:1.  This indicates:

Epstein Barr virus is associated with which viral syndrome?

Three separate venipunctures were used to collect blood for culture from a patient with an artificial heart valve. The following results were obtained: • Culture 1: coagulase-negative staphylococci• Culture 2: coagulase-negative staphylococci• Culture 3: coagulase-negative staphylococci These results indicate: