A 26-Year-Old Man Comes to the Office Due to a 3-Day-History

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Multiple Choice

A 26-year-old man comes to the office due to a 3-day-history of dysuria and urethral discharge.  The symptoms developed about 2 weeks after he had unprotected sexual intercourse with a new partner.  His temperature is 37.1 C (98.8 F) .  On physical examination, a mucoid discharge is expressed with gentle milking of the penis.  Gram stain of the discharge reveals numerous neutrophils with intracellular diplococci.  A sample of the discharge is placed on an antibiotic-containing medium, and bacterial colonies are cultured.  Which of the following terms best describes the medium?

• A)Differential
• B)Enrichment
• C)Reducing
• D)Selective
• E)Synthetic

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