Question 1
You are reading culture plates today and identifying pathogens that grow from patient samples.
Which two pieces of information are absolutely critical in determining which additional tests must be done to identify the pathogen?
a) Appearance on charcoal agar
b) Endospore Stain
c) Gram Stain
d) Oxygen sensitivity
Question 2
A 10 year old has a wound on the arm that the physician suspects is infected.
Upon culture, you see small white colonies growing on blood agar as well as chocolate agar.
You gram stain the colonies to find that they are gram positive cocci.
Which test will you perform first?
a) catalase
b) indole
c) lactose fermentation
d) coagulase
Question 3
You have isolated catalase positive gram positive cocci from a wound culture.
Which test will you perform next?
a) coagulase
b) P disc, containing optichin
c) A disc, containing bacitracin