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A patient in the intensive care unit has developed pneumonia. A sputum culture grows an oxidase-nega

A patient in the intensive care unit has developed pneumonia. A sputum culture grows an oxidase-negative, non-lactose fermenter. The organism is demonstrated in the Gram stain below. The microbiologist works up the organism as a member of the Enterobacteriaceae. The next day she realizes her error. The organism displays the following results:

Source: CDC and Dr. W. A. Clark
               TSI: K/NC
               Motility: negative
               OF medium:
open tubes: glucose: yellow, lactose: yellow, maltose: green
        closed tubes: glucose: green, lactose: green, maltose: green
This organism is
     a. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
     b. Acinetobacter baumannii.
     c. Moraxella lacunata.
     d. Pseudomonas fluorescens.

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Clinical Laboratory Microbiology: A Practical Approach

Edition: 1^st

Authors: Kiser, Payne, Taff

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