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A 16 yr ol girl is incoherent and has a fever, severe lower abdominal ain, and a foul-smelling cervicovaginal discharge. A self-induced abortion is suspected. Which of the following methods should be used to collect a sample of the cervical discharge for bacterial culture?
A.) Inoculating the specimen on mammalian epithelial cells
B.) Placing a swab in transport medium at room temperature
C.) Taking samples of the discharge with a syringe and transferring them directly into an anaerobic transport medium
D.) Using a calibrated inoculating loop to enable to direct enumeration of the bacteria in the specimen
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ITS B
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Nope, please try again.
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| asmi
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Is it C
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What's your reason picking C, asmi?
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| asmi
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Simply because to avoid contamination of sample and as well to directly inoculate onto media. :roll:
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| alice8
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C :?:
the clinical features as well as "foul-smelling discharge" is reminder of anaerobic infection ,i think
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| azazelo
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C. For sure.
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| meg
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In self induced abortions, am I right in thiking that the girl might have used some metallic object and I could associate clostridium with metallic stuff.
Any other reason why it should be anaerobes...?
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the correct answer is C.
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