skyhigh
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A 23 yr old woman with a history of sickle cell disease presents with fever and severe bone pain localized to her left tibia. A x-ray film reveals a lytic lesion, and blood cultures reveal infection. A bone culture shows gram-negative rods. Which of the following best describes the infection organism?
A. It is comma-shaped and sensitive to acidic pH.
B. It is an obligate intracellular parasite
C. It is motile and does not ferment lactose
D. It is motile and oxidase positive
E. It is a nonmotile facultative anaerobe
Follow up question.
Which organisms are lactose fermenters and which are not?
Thanks
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| roopashri
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salmonella is motile and nonlactose fermenter
lactose fermenters (pink on Macconkey) are CEEK... citrobacter, Eschericia, enterobacter, klebsiela
nonlactose fermenters are.. ShYPS... shigella, yersinia, proteus, salmonela
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