A 6-year-old girl is diagnosed with a bullous impetigo infection. Based on this information, the catalase and coagulase results of the infecting organism are expected to be catalase-_____ and coagulase-_____

a. negative; negative
b. positive; negative
c. positive; positive
d. negative; positive


C
S. aureus, which is catalase-positive and coagulase-positive, causes bullous impetigo.

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