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One of three blood culture bottles drawn from a patient with unexplained fevers reveals gram-positive cocci
growing in clusters. Which of the following tests would be most useful in determining whether this organism is a
part of the normal skin flora?


A. Bacitracin resistance

B. Catalase

C. Coagulase

D. Novobiocin resistance

E. Optochin resistance

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C. Coagulase

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yes C