A Microbiologist Is Reading a Vaginal Culture $\gamma$ -Hemolytic on a Blood Agar Plate but Appear to Have

question 19

Multiple Choice

A microbiologist is reading a vaginal culture. She sees the very white colonies that are $\gamma$ -hemolytic on a blood agar plate but appear to have feet. What organism could this possibly be?

• A) Yeast
• B) Gram-positive cocci
• C) Gram-negative rods
• D) Haemophilus influenzae

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