A patient was admitted yesterday to the hospital for treatme…

A patient was admitted yesterday to the hospital for treatment of gun shot wound. The patient has also developed a productive cough and fever of 103.4 F. The patient is breathing on their own and doesn’t require mechanical ventilation. On assessment you note coarse crackles in the right lower lobe. A chest x-ray shows infiltrates with consolidation in the right lower lobe. Based on this specific patient scenario what type of pneumonia is this?

Mannitol salt agar contains 7.5% salt which selects against…

Mannitol salt agar contains 7.5% salt which selects against salt intolerant bacteria. Mannitol is an alcohol that may be fermented by certain bacteria. A Gram positive coccus is able to grow on mannitol salt agar and ferments mannitol, this bacteria is probablya. Micrococcus luteus