A physician in your hospital just sent a sputum sample and a serum sample from a patient who had been in Southern California at a meeting. The patient said that the venue was hot, dry, and dusty
The patient has a fever of 104ºF, a dry cough, muscle aches, and a headache.
What should you do with the samples?
a.
perform antibody testing with Ouchterlony against the IDTP antigens
b.
culture only if biosafety conditions are used
c.
culture under normal conditions
d.
A and B
e.
A and C
D
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