Cedrick
Forum Fanatic
Topics: 320
Posts: 1,928
|
A 45 year old man has fever chills cough and pleuritic pain
Culure os arust colored sputum specimen yields many alpha hemolitic colonies of lancet shaped gram positive in pairs and short chains
the most likely causal organism is ?
a.-klebsiella pneumoniae
b.-mycobacterium tuberculosis
c.-mycoplasma pneumoniae
d.-staphylococcus aureus
e.-streptococcus pneumoniae
f.-streptococcus pyogenes {group A}
|
| vallia
Forum Guru
Topics: 98
Posts: 889
|
lancet shaped pneumococci, answer E
___________________
fight possessed
|
| Cedrick
Forum Fanatic
Topics: 320
Posts: 1,928
|
 Thanks
E
|
| Diego Casali
Forum Elite
Topics: 7
Posts: 234
|
E for sure.
|
| robin082006
Forum Hero
Topics: 471
Posts: 5,125
|
e
___________________
The Key to Succeed is Patience.
|
| Cedrick
Forum Fanatic
Topics: 320
Posts: 1,928
|
it comes up often
e
|
| yasmeen
Forum Guru
Topics: 67
Posts: 936
|
 E
|
| MRMAVERICK
Forum Guru
Topics: 41
Posts: 722
|
DEFINITELY E
|
| muzammil
Forum Guru
Topics: 16
Posts: 655
|
e
|
| Ig F
Forum Elite
Topics: 3
Posts: 439
|
streptococcus pneumoniae show alpha hemolytic colonies.......most common cause of community acquired pneumonia..gives rise to rusty coloured sputum
___________________
i m not perfect but i wanna get close to it......
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | |
