An anemic patient received a unit of blood. She develops fever and chills after infusion of the unit. Blood cultures of the patient and a sample of the blood unit grow the same organism

The non-lactose fermenter isolated displays the following reactions:
Oxidase: purple Growth at 42°C: negative
Colony under UV light: yellow Arginine: purple
Motility: positive Gelatin hydrolysis: liquified
Acetamide: no color change Nitrate after addition of zinc: red
The organism is
A) P. stutzeri. B) Pseudomonas. putida
C) P. aeruginosa. D) P. fluorescens.


D

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