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A Patient Presents with a Wound That Contains Green Pus

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A patient presents with a wound that contains green pus. This suggests to you that the wound is infected with

A patient presents with a wound that contains green pus. This suggests to you that the wound is infected with


A) S. epidermidis, which produces the water-soluble pigments pyoverdin and pyocyanin.
B) S. pyogenes, which produces a water-soluble blue-green capsule.
C) P. aeruginosa, which multiplies in photosynthetic biofilms that are green.
D) P. aeruginosa, which produces the water-soluble pigments pyoverdin and pyocyanin.
E) either S. epidermidis or S. aureus, both of which produce pigment soluble coagulase.

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