A pleural fluid is received in a capped syringe. A portion is centrifuged and the sediment is used to plate to sheep blood, chocolate, and MacConkey agars as well as a thioglycolate broth. The direct Gram stain results are demonstrated in the image
provided
Source: CDC and Dr. Norman Jacobs
At 24 hours, 2 colonies of a white, gamma-hemolytic colony were present on the sheep
Blood agar. The organism is a catalase-positive, Staphylococcus latex
Agglutination- negative, gram-positive coccus. The organism proved to be oxacillin
Resistant on susceptibility testing. Based on these results, you

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A pleural fluid is received in a capped syringe. A portion is centrifuged and the sediment is used to plate to sheep blood, chocolate, and MacConkey agars as well as a thioglycolate broth. The direct Gram stain results are demonstrated in the image
 provided
 Source: CDC and Dr. Norman Jacobs
At 24 hours, 2 colonies of a white, gamma-hemolytic colony were present on the sheep
Blood agar. The organism is a catalase-positive, Staphylococcus latex
Agglutination- negative, gram-positive coccus. The organism proved to be oxacillin
Resistant on susceptibility testing. Based on these results, you

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The Answer of A pleural fluid is received in a capped syringe. A portion is centrifuged and the sediment is used to plate to sheep blood, chocolate, and MacConkey agars as well as a thioglycolate broth. The direct Gram stain results are demonstrated in the image
 provided
 Source: CDC and Dr. Norman Jacobs
At 24 hours, 2 colonies of a white, gamma-hemolytic colony were present on the sheep
Blood agar. The organism is a catalase-positive, Staphylococcus latex
Agglutination- negative, gram-positive coccus. The organism proved to be oxacillin
Resistant on susceptibility testing. Based on these results, you

A Pleural Fluid Is Received in a Capped Syringe