Meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae occurs most frequently in:   Adolescents  young women middle-age men  infants under 2 months

The scolex of Taenia saginata has: 4 suckers no suckers and 14 hooklets 24 hooklets 26 to 28 sucking disks

India ink preparations of CSF sediment are the best way to demonstrate _____. Hemophilus influenzae    budding Cryptococcus Pneumococci    Neisseria meningitidis

  The __________ procedures are DNA-amplification testing methods that have become the new gold standard for the direct detection of Chlamydia trachomatis.  

A positive niacin test is most characteristic of Mycobacterium 

What anaerobic GPR causes Pseudomembranous colitis and is detected from its toxin in a stool specimen?

  The identification of Histoplasma capsulatum should include: diphasic growth, thick-walled tuberculate macroconidia barrel-shaped arthrospores budding yeast cells at room temperature multiple budding cells, double contoured

Opinion question: On a scale from 1 – 4 with 1 being not confident at all to 4 being extremely confident, how do you feel about your answers on this quiz?

A specimen for viral culture is collected on a Friday and must be held for processing until the next day.  In general, the optimal temperature for holding this specimen is _____.   A.35°C   B. -20°C C.4°C   D. -70°C

Which of the following would be considered appropriate to culture anaerobically?