A 16-year-old male with a low-grade fever, and large and painful red sores around his lips is being evaluated at a pediatric clinic. He has a PCR test pending that was swabbed from the sores, as well as a blood culture with Gram stain, and nasopharyngeal specimen for microscopic examination.
-Which of the following can be determined from phenotypic assessment of the nasopharyngeal sample?

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Phenotypic assessment involves the physical characteristics of an organism, such as its cellular shape, size, and arrangement. This can be determined by examining the nasopharyngeal sample microscopically. The other options listed (B, C, and D) involve genetic or immunological assessment, which cannot be determined through phenotypic assessment.

A 16-Year-Old Male with a Low-Grade Fever, and Large and Painful