Patient present to the Urgent Care with intense painful sore…
Patient present to the Urgent Care with intense painful sore on her right leg. She could not remember what caused the sore. After talking the patient for a bit the doctor asked if she had any pets. She said she had 1 dogs and 3 cats. The doctor sent off a wound culture to the lab. Gram stain showed coccoid to rod-shaped gram-negative bacilli Culture report: Colonies on blood agar are smooth, convex, spreading, gray-white and non-hemolytic with a musty odor. No growth on the McConkey agar. Strong spot indole reaction A picture of the sore. Physician noted that the pain was disproportionate to exam findings. The susceptibility report was sensitive to penicillin.