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A Rectal Swab on a 6-Year-Old Male Reveals an Oxidase-Positive

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A rectal swab on a 6-year-old male reveals an oxidase-positive, gram-negative diplococcus that grows on chocolate and Thayer-Martin agars. The organism proved to be beta-galactosidase negative, gamma-glutamylaminopeptidase negative, and proline-laminopeptidase positive. Based on these results you would


A) review the colony for pigment production.
B) repeat the identification using a second methodology.
C) report the organism as Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
D) report the organism as normal flora.

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