Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question

question 23

Multiple Choice

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
A mother brings her 8-year-old daughter into the clinic where you are a nurse. The girl has a dry, flaky, and peeling rash around her mouth. The mother states that she has tried using numerous lotions, but the lesions persist. She has come here looking for information on how to make her daughter stop licking her lips, as she thinks this is causing the lesions. Upon closer examination, you notice small blisters and honey-colored crusts. You note that the patient is negative for other symptoms, including fever, nausea, vomiting, and general malaise.
-In the lab,the specimen is Gram-stained and inoculated onto blood agar.Microscopic analysis of the slide revealed gram-positive cocci arranged in grapelike clusters,while the blood agar produced large,round,creamy colonies with clear areas of hemolysis.After reading this information,you believe the causative agent to be

• A)Streptococcus pyogenes.
• B)Staphylococcus aureus.
• C)Corynebacterium diphtheriae.
• D)Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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