Yeast is seen in a wound gram stain. The gram stain is reported as: gram positive yeast

Gram negative diplococci will have growth on BAP, CHOC, and MAC

This select agent produces smooth, creamy white colonies at 24 hours of growth on BAP and CHOC. The gram stain shows small, gram negative rods arranged in long, parallel bundles.

What disk is used in the laboratory to check if S. aureus has methicillin resistance?

A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample collected from a child yields the following results: turbid and cloudy, very high total protein levels, and very low glucose levels.  What would the probable diagnosis be?

Three sets of blood cultures were obtained from an adult patient with fever and suspected endocarditis. The aerobic bottle of one set had growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis at 5 days of incubation. This indicates that:

When performing a gram stain from a thio broth, stain interpretation, shape and arrangement is reported.

The following is seen on a BAP.  What is the presumptive organism identification? image00263924061.jpg

What condition presents as a localized area of mildly painful erythema, warmth, and swelling of the skin with poorly demarcated margins?

The optichin disk is commonly referred to as what?