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A 82-Year-Old Female Is Hospitalized with Pneumonia

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A 82-year-old female is hospitalized with pneumonia. The image provided is the direct Gram stain of her sputum.
A 82-year-old female is hospitalized with pneumonia. The image provided is the direct Gram stain of her sputum.   The sputum culture, after 48 hours incubation, reveals: Moderate growth of Enterobacter aerogenes Light growth of normal upper respiratory flora</UL> Based on all information obtained, you determine A)  the results are accurate. B)  the direct Gram stain slide was under-decolorized. C)  there are discrepant results. D)  this is a case of hospital-acquired pneumonia. The sputum culture, after 48 hours incubation, reveals:
Moderate growth of Enterobacter aerogenes
Light growth of normal upper respiratory flora
Based on all information obtained, you determine


A) the results are accurate.
B) the direct Gram stain slide was under-decolorized.
C) there are discrepant results.
D) this is a case of hospital-acquired pneumonia.

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