A Technician Is Reading Plates from a Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)culture

question 1

Multiple Choice

A technician is reading plates from a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture.She notices that there is growth on chocolate agar (CHOC) ,but no growth on sheep blood agar (SBA) or MacConkey (MAC) agar.The Gram stain showed a gram-negative bacillus.What organism should be suspected?

• A) Streptococcus pneumoniae
• B) Staphylococcus aureus
• C) Haemophilus influenzae
• D) Escherichia coli

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