An RN in a primary care office is caring for a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, nasal congestion, and a sore throat. The patient's mother indicates that the child had been ill for the past two days, experiencing a poor appetite and sleepiness. The nurse swabs the patient's throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the patient's symptoms are due to a common pathogen.
-The rapid microbial analysis is negative for group A Streptococcus and reveals the presence of only normal biota in the patient specimen. Based upon this information,all of the following microbes can be ruled out in the diagnosis except ________.

Question

An RN in a primary care office is caring for a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, nasal congestion, and a sore throat. The patient's mother indicates that the child had been ill for the past two days, experiencing a poor appetite and sleepiness. The nurse swabs the patient's throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the patient's symptoms are due to a common pathogen.
-The rapid microbial analysis is negative for group A Streptococcus and reveals the presence of only normal biota in the patient specimen. Based upon this information,all of the following microbes can be ruled out in the diagnosis except ________.

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The symptoms and negative test for Streptococcus suggest a viral infection like Influenza A, which would not be detected by a throat swab for bacterial pathogens.

An RN in a Primary Care Office Is Caring for a 10-Year-Old