The procedure that assures the most accurate detection of mecA-mediated oxacillin resistance in routine broth microdilution susceptibility testing against S. aureus is:

Which two diseases are usually preceded by infection with a beta-hemolytic streptococci?

Which of the following anaerobes is inhibited by sodium polyanethol sulfonate (SPS)?

What does synergy mean?

The following gram stain is made off of a small, white, gramma-hemolytic colony growing on the BAP. How would you document this gram stain?   image002638f805d.jpg

What organism is said to look like “breadcrumbs” on the BAP and is partial acid fast positive?

A wound culture shows the following on a BAP, what is the most likely organism?4+ small white gamma-catalase positive-coagulase negative-novobiocin susceptible

You receive a urine sample for culture in the microbiology lab.  The urine does not have preservative in it.  The lab is extremely busy and you will not have time to process the urine for at least two hours.  What should you do with the urine sample?

Safety needles, eye wash stations, emergency showers, and negative air flow in the lab are all examples of:

You receive a wound tissue in the microbiology lab, set up appropriate plates for culture, and perform a direct gram stain.  The direct gram stain shows small, faint staining, gram negative rods.  What are appropriate next steps to take with this culture?