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As an RN in a primary care office, you recently took care of a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, a stuffy nose, and a sore throat. The patient’s mother indicated that the child had been ill for the past 2 days, was eating poorly, and sleeping a great deal of the time. You swab the patient’s throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the problem was due to a common pathogen.
-Microscopic analysis revealed the presence of only normal biota in the patient specimen.Based upon this information,all but which of the following microbes could be ruled out in the diagnosis?

Question

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
 As an RN in a primary care office, you recently took care of a 10-year-old patient experiencing fever, chills, a stuffy nose, and a sore throat. The patient’s mother indicated that the child had been ill for the past 2 days, was eating poorly, and sleeping a great deal of the time. You swab the patient’s throat for rapid microbial analysis, suspecting the problem was due to a common pathogen.
-Microscopic analysis revealed the presence of only normal biota in the patient specimen.Based upon this information,all but which of the following microbes could be ruled out in the diagnosis?

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Since the microscopic analysis only revealed normal biota, we can rule out Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Haemophilus influenzae as they are all potential pathogens that can cause a sore throat. However, influenza A is a virus and would not be visible on a microscopic analysis of a throat swab, so it cannot be ruled out based on these results.

Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question