A 2-week-old baby boy is hospitalized with fever, poor feeding, and lethargy. Laboratory results to date include:
Blood cultures: negative to date Cerebrospinal fluid:
4200 WBC/$\mu$ l with 95% neutrophils Glucose: 2 mg/dl
Protein: 355 mg/dl
Direct Gram stain: few small gram-positive coccobacilli and moderate WBCs
Direct bacterial latex agglutination:
H) influenzae type b, N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, and W135,
S) pneumoniae, Group B Streptococcus, and E. coli K1 - All negative
CSF culture at 24 hours: moderate growth of a gray, white colony with a narrow
Zone of beta-hemolysis
You would expect this organism to be

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The Answer of A 2-week-old baby boy is hospitalized with fever, poor feeding, and lethargy. Laboratory results to date include:
Blood cultures: negative to date Cerebrospinal fluid:
4200 WBC/$\mu$ l with 95% neutrophils Glucose: 2 mg/dl
Protein: 355 mg/dl
Direct Gram stain: few small gram-positive coccobacilli and moderate WBCs
Direct bacterial latex agglutination:
H) influenzae type b, N. meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, and W135,
S) pneumoniae, Group B Streptococcus, and E. coli K1 - All negative
CSF culture at 24 hours: moderate growth of a gray, white colony with a narrow
Zone of beta-hemolysis
You would expect this organism to be

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