The isolation of a small gram-positive, catalase-positive rod with a narrow zone of hemolysis isolated from blood or CSF should be used as strong presumptive evidence for:
a. listeriosis.
b. diphtheria.
c. pertussis.
d. tetanus.
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L. monocytogenes ferments glucose and is Voges-Proskauer-and esculin-positive. The isolation of a small gram-positive, catalase-positive rod with a narrow zone of <-hemolysis isolated from blood or CSF should be used as strong presumptive evidence for listeriosis.
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