You Are the Supervisor of a New Reference Microbiology Laboratory,which

question 42

Multiple Choice

You are the supervisor of a new reference microbiology laboratory,which will receive clinical specimens for identification of bacterial pathogens.When choosing the types of media to order for culture and isolation procedures in your laboratory,what question(s) do you need to answer?

• A)What type of bacteria will you be culturing?
• B)What are the growth factors required by the bacteria that you will be identifying?
• C)What kind of microbial flora will the patient specimens contain?
• D)All statements are correct.

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