A Health Care Provider Who Suspects That a Woman May

question 18

Multiple Choice

A health care provider who suspects that a woman may have vaginitis caused by Candida infection can confirm that by

• A)plating a sample of the discharge on a medium containing salt as a selective agent.
• B)identifying pseudohyphae in a Gram-stained smear examined using a light microscope.
• C)identifying the characteristic protozoans in a smear examined using a fluorescence microscope.
• D)submitting a sample of the discharge for PCR amplification.
• E)submitting a sample of the discharge for metagenomic sequencing.

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