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A Pinpoint, Gray-White Colony Is Isolated as >100,000 Colonies/mL from the Urine

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A pinpoint, gray-white colony is isolated as >100,000 colonies/mL from the urine of an 89-year-old leukemic patient. The colony stains as palisading gram-positive rods. The organism should be


A) catalase negative and urea positive.
B) catalase positive and urea positive.
C) catalase negative and urea negative.
D) catalase positive and urea negative.

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