A Technician Is Reading the Plates from a Sputum Culture

question 23

Multiple Choice

A technician is reading the plates from a sputum culture.The culture is from a patient with cystic fibrosis.One organism dominates the blood agar,chocolate,and MacConkey plates.The MacConkey plate shows an organism with a green pigment and a metallic sheen.The probable identification for this organism is:

• A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• B) Serratia marcescens
• C) Chromobacterium violaceum
• D) Prevotella melaninogenica

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