You have a call for a 47-year-old patient with pain in the lower right side of her abdomen. Because of the location of her pain, you suspect the problem is her:

A. appendix.
B. pancreas.
C. spleen.
D. stomach.


Answer: A

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The organism isolated grew as an oxidase-positive, non-lactose fermenter. It is beta-hemolytic on sheep blood agar with a cyan-colored pigment in the surrounding medium and emits a fruity odor. These culture results A) are adequate to presumptively identify the organism as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. B) are not needed because the organism is an environmental contaminant. C) require additional biochemical testing to definitively identify the organism. D) also require viewing the organism under an ultraviolet light.

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What will be an ideal response?

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