A client has a serious case of lung infection.A cerebrospinal fluid sample was taken.The lab tech said they isolated a bacterium that did not have any peptidoglycan.You hypothesize that the identity of this microbe could possibly be __.

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a bacterium that does not have peptidoglycan in its cell wall. This characteristic is unique to Mycoplasma pneumoniae among common bacterial pathogens, and therefore it is the most likely choice among the options provided. Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a cell wall containing mycolic acid, Borrelia burgdorferi has a peptidoglycan cell wall, and Streptococcus pneumoniae has a peptidoglycan-containing cell wall.

A Client Has a Serious Case of Lung Infection