Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Ms. Hungh, a Burmese immigrant, enters your clinic with her interpreter complaining of fatigue, weight loss, persistent cough, and rust-colored sputum. The interpreter explains that Ms. Hungh has had this cough for many months in her home country and, now that she is in America, is seeking assistance for her condition.
-Culturing of the sputum resulted in the growth of distinct colonies on the medium,and the technician informs you that further isolation by subculturing is now needed.You understand that this is accomplished by taking a bit of growth from an isolated colony and inoculating a separate medium,resulting in the production of a

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
  Ms. Hungh, a Burmese immigrant, enters your clinic with her interpreter complaining of fatigue, weight loss, persistent cough, and rust-colored sputum. The interpreter explains that Ms. Hungh has had this cough for many months in her home country and, now that she is in America, is seeking assistance for her condition. 
-Culturing of the sputum resulted in the growth of distinct colonies on the medium,and the technician informs you that further isolation by subculturing is now needed.You understand that this is accomplished by taking a bit of growth from an isolated colony and inoculating a separate medium,resulting in the production of a

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Subculturing allows for the production of a pure culture, which is necessary for identifying the specific pathogen causing Ms. Hungh's symptoms.

Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Questions