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An organism identified as Cryptococcus species can be accurately identified as Cryptococcus neoformans using which of the following characteristics? - Positive urease test - Presence of a capsule - Positive phenol oxidase test - Appearance of yellow colonies - Answer Positive phenol oxidase t...

Acute glomerulonephritis - Answer Children who have infections with beta-hemolytic streptococci can develop: Beta-lactamase - Answer Haemophilus influenzae becomes resistant to ampicillin when the organism produces a(n): There is a decreased absorption of oxygen by the medium - Answer ...

Biochemically, the Enterobacteriaceae are gram negative rods that: - Answer Ferment glucose, reduce nitrate to nitrite, and are oxidase negative. THe ortho-nitrophenyl-Beta-galactopyranoside (ONPG) test is most useful when differentiating: - Answer Shigella spp. from some strains of Escheri...

d (aseptically puncture the tubing) - Answer 2. The most appropriate method for collecting a urine specimen from a patient with an indwelling catheter is: a. remove the catheter, cut the tip, and submit it for culture b. disconnect the catheter from the bag, and aseptically collect urine from t...

Virus transport medium containing penicillin, gentamicin and amphotericin is used to collect and transport specimens for virus culture because this medium: - Answer Inhibits bacterial and fungal growth. Which of the following indicates the presence of a viral infection in tissue smears or biop...

A 56 year old male has 2 set of blood cultures that grow gram positive cocci after being admitted to the hospital with an oozing leg would post operation. The infected are is red, swollen, and warm to the touch. A red line has appeared at the sight of the wound and is beginning to travel up the pati...

In a quality control procedure on a new batch of Mueller-Hinton agar plates using a stock culture of S. aureus, all the disk zone sizes are too small. The most likely reason for this is that: A. potency of the antibiotic disks is too high B. Mueller-Hinton plates were poured too thin C. disks ...

An organism was inoculated to a TSI tube and gave the following reactions: alkaline slant/acid butt, H2S gas produced a. Kleb pneumo b. Shigella dysenteriae c. Salmonella typhurium d. E. coli - Answer C A TSI tube inoculated with an organism gave the following reactions: alkaline slant/...

1) After receiving a 24 hr. urine for quantitative total protein analysis the technician must first: - Answer measure the total volume Measure the total volume of the sample before removing an aliquot. To calculate the total protein, measure the protein of an aliquot to learn the mg/dL. Then m...

Rejection of inappropriately collected or transported specimens: A) Is the sole responsibility of the laboratory and should be done without regard to physician requests B) Should be initiated by laboratory personnel but approved by nursing or physician staff responsible for the care of the patient...

Which action by the phlebotomist will comply with the College of American Pathologist patient safety goal "to improve patient and sample identification at the time of specimen collection" and The Joint Commission Patient Safety Goal to "improve the accuracy of patient identification"? - Answer ...

What are some characteristics of the Enterobacteriaceae? - Answer all members are gram negative bacilli or coccobacilli all members are cytochrome oxidase negative all members grow on MacConkey agar Do all enterobacteriaceace members ferment lactose? - Answer No Swarming colonies on ...