A Urine Sample with More Than 100,000 Organisms Is Considered

question 21

Multiple Choice

A urine sample with more than 100,000 organisms is considered indicative of infection. A urine sample containing 5,000 bacteria, with a generation time of 30 minutes, sits for 3 hours before finally being assayed. How many bacteria will then be present within the sample?

• A) 320,000
• B) 100,000
• C) 64,000
• D) 15,000
• E) 10,000

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