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A 78-year-old female is hospitalized with complications due to hip replacement surgery. She is receiving intravenous antibiotics and oxygen via a nasal cannula as well as having a urinary catheter in place. At four days of hospitalization, she develops fever after showing signs of improvement. The physician suspects bacteremia. To prove his suspicion, he orders a culture of her
a.   blood.
      b.   skin surface at the site of the intravenous catheter insertion.
      c.   intravenous catheter tip.
      d.    a and b.
      e.    a and c.
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Clinical Laboratory Microbiology: A Practical Approach

Clinical Laboratory Microbiology: A Practical Approach


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