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An organism is recovered from a BAP and gram stained. The results of the gram stain are as follows:                                                           gram (+) control: pink circles                                    gram (-) control: pink rods                                     patient organism: pink rods            How should the MLT report the patient’s gram stain? Explainyour answer:

In order for an aneurysm to be considered in the iliac artery, the diameter must be

The appearance of a pink bacillus on gram stain indicates that:

Provide 2 examples of cell/cell junctions find in an epithelium.

Observe the EMB plate. There are three different organisms growing on this plate. What information can you determine about the ORGANISM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PLATE from this observation? 

What is the purpose of the heat fixation step in the gram stain process?

The normal arterial waveform would have a resistive index of :

What is the primary goal of performing a Doppler ultrasound on a transplanted liver?

The exfoliative toxin of Staphylococcus is implicated in:

The medically important bacteria that inhabit the human body are: