When reporting colony morphology from a MAC, all of the following are reportable characteristics except:

This organism may produce a weak positive catalase test and is PYR positive.

Which method of antimicrobial susceptibility testing usings and antibiotic disk with a known concentration and has the zone size measured?

Which of the following specimen swabs can interfere with testing for viruses on molecular platforms by inhibiting viral replication?

Name the parasite shown in the following image:image002644ab81d.gif

All of these are considered a hospital acquired infection, except:

An organism that will grow on a CHOC plate but not on any other plate would be considered:

Name the parasite shown in the following image:image001644ab81d.gif

An index case is

True/False: A virus can live and reproduce outside a host.