You Are Working in a Microbiology Laboratory and Receive a Sputum

question 20

Multiple Choice

You are working in a microbiology laboratory and receive a sputum for culture.You perform a Gram stain on the sputum and get the following results: 3+ gram-positive cocci, greater than 25 epithelial cells/10´ field, less than 10 neutrophils/10´ field, and heavy mucus.What do these results indicate?

• A)An acceptable specimen that should be worked up with definitive identification for all bacteria present
• B)An unacceptable specimen and workup that should be limited to basic identification of bacteria
• C)An unacceptable specimen that should be worked up with definitive identification for all bacteria present
• D)An acceptable specimen and workup that should be limited to the basic identification of bacteria

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