Bacteria collected from a severely inflamed wound are sent to the lab for analysis.The results come back as follows: Gram-positive cocci in irregular clusters,kinase and coagulase positive,and able to grow in the presence of most antibiotics except vancomycin.The bacteria in the wound are most likely
A) Enterococcus.
B) Staphylococcus epidermidis.
C) Staphylococcus aureus.
D) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) .
E) Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) .
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