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ISBN: 9781259705212

Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 18.L1, Problem 1CSR

The first step in the clinical diagnosis of bacterial meningitis is a Gram stain of blood or cerebrospinal fluid. What other bacterial species could be mistaken for N. meningitidis at this stage of the identification process?

a. Moraxella catarrhalis

b. Staphylococcus epidermidis

c. Streptococcus agalactiae

d. Enterococcus faecalis

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Solution Summary: The author explains that Moraxella catarrhalis is a Gram-negative bacterium, like Neisseria meningitidis, and can be mistaken for each other.

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