Bacteria Collected from a Severely Inflamed Wound Are Sent to the Lab

question 2

Multiple Choice

Bacteria collected from a severely inflamed wound are sent to the lab for analysis.The results come back as follows: Gram-positive cocci in irregular clusters,kinase and coagulase positive,and able to grow in the presence of most antibiotics except vancomycin.The bacteria in the wound are most likely

• A) Enterococcus.
• B) Staphylococcus epidermidis.
• C) Staphylococcus aureus.
• D) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
• E) Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus).

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