Of the asaccharolytic, oxidase-positive bacilli that do not grow on MacConkey agar, which one of the following organisms is generally associated with mixed infections resulting from bites or clenched-fist wounds?
a. Eikenella corrodens
b. Weeksella virosa
c. Pseudomonas maltophilia
d. Sphingomonas paucimobilis
A
The organisms discussed in Chapter 29 are not commonly associated with human infections, but they are occasionally encountered in clinical specimens. Of those listed, E. corrodens is the one most commonly encountered and is usually found in mixed infections resulting from bites or clenched-fist wounds.
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