You Are Working in a Microbiology Laboratory and Receive a Sputum

question 15

Multiple Choice

You are working in a microbiology laboratory and receive a sputum for culture. You perform a Gram stain on the sputum and get the following results: 3+ gram-positive cocci, greater than 25 epithelial cells/10 $\times$ field, less than 10 neutrophils/10 $\times$ field, and heavy mucus. What do these results indicate?

• A) An acceptable specimen that should be worked up with definitive identification for all bacteria present
• B) An unacceptable specimen and workup that should be limited to basic identification of bacteria
• C) An unacceptable specimen that should be worked up with definitive identification for all bacteria present
• D) An acceptable specimen and workup that should be limited to the basic identification of bacteria

Explore the concept of psychosexual development stages and their impacts on personality.

Differentiate between Freud's concepts of Oedipus complex, castration anxiety, and penis envy.

Understand the significance of Freudian slips and their relation to unconscious thoughts.

Distinguish between manifest and latent content in dreams according to Freud.

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Definitions:

Ethylene

A colorless flammable gas with the formula C2H4, used as a hormone in plants and an important industrial organic chemical in the production of polymers.

HOMO

An acronym for Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital, representing the highest energy molecular orbital containing electrons.

LUMO

The Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital, which is the first molecular orbital available for the electron to occupy.

Cycloaddition

A type of chemical reaction where two or more unsaturated molecules combine to form a cyclic adduct, important in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds.