01-13-2011, 06:42 PM
a 67 y/o woman in a skilled nursing facility develops flulike symptoms. several days later, she develops high fever, dyspnea, productive cough, and mental status changes. An xray of the chest shows a cavitary lesion in her left lung. Examination of a sputum sample will most likely show which of the following?
a. gram negative, oxidase negative bacilli
b. gram positive, catalase negative, alpha hemolytic diplococci
c. gram positive, catalase positive, coagulase positive coccus
d. a silver staining cyst
c. a yeast that forms psuedohypae
a. gram negative, oxidase negative bacilli
b. gram positive, catalase negative, alpha hemolytic diplococci
c. gram positive, catalase positive, coagulase positive coccus
d. a silver staining cyst
c. a yeast that forms psuedohypae