The colonies shown in the image below grew from the CSF take…
The colonies shown in the image below grew from the CSF taken from a 75 year old male patient who experienced nausea/vomiting, fever, severe headache and stiffness of his neck. Direct smear of the CSF is also shown below. The patient was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Based on the information given, which of the following would you suspect as the causative agent? Alpha mucoid(1).jpgCLSC CSF 3(1).jpg