A Microbiologist Is Reading a Stool Culture and Notices a Mucoid

question 20

Multiple Choice

A microbiologist is reading a stool culture and notices a mucoid pink colony on MAC agar. What is the most likely organism?

• A) Klebsiella pneumoniae
• B) Escherichia coli
• C) Proteus vulgaris
• D) Yersinia enterocolitica

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