Brett has permission from a property owner to hike on the owner’s property during the autumn months. Brett has 

The urine antigen test for legionella is 100% specific for serogroup number:

Explain how macrolide antiobiotics work and discuss two ways that bacteria can be resist.

These images are from the culture of an expectorated sputum specimen from a 77 year old patient suffering from symptoms of pneumonia (BAP on the left, MAC on the right, growth on CHOC resembles BAP). Further biochemical testing indicates that the pathogen is: Indole = pos                                      oxidase = neg MR = pos                                          lysine = neg VP = neg                                           arginine = neg Citrate = neg                                     ornithine = neg Tryptophan deaminase = pos           urea = pos TSI = A/H2S                                      nitrate = pos ONPG = neg

If there is to be a delay of some hours before stool specimens can reach the laboratory, the specimen should be placed into:

A 57 year old alcoholic patient is suffering from pneumonia. The Gram stain of the sputum specimens show >25 neutrophils / LPF and 10-24 epithelial cells/ LPF. Bacterial evaluation under oil immersion demonstrated

The following organism was repeatedly isolated from blood cultures. The Gram stain of the organisms from the bottle shows Gram positive cocci in chains. The organism is alpha hemolytic on BAP, is catalase negative, and PYR negative. Growth in 6.5% NaCl broth is negative, bile esculine hydrolysis is positive. The most likely identification of this organism is:

Postmarketing reports from the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warn of tendinitis and rupture of the Achilles tendon associated with ____________________ use in the general population, and the risk is greater in patients older than 60 years, those on concomitant steroid therapy, and transplant recipients.

A straight catheter urine specimen grows >100 colonies of an organism with the following characteristics: Indole = pos            Oxidase = neg Motility = pos          DNAse = neg. VP = neg                 MR = pos Citrate = neg          Urea = neg PAD = neg              Lysine = pos Lactose = pos        nitrate = pos

An HIV-positive patient began to show signs of meningitis. A spinal fluid was collected and cultured for bacteria and fungus. A budding, encapsulated yeast was recovered. Which organism is consistent with this information?