An 8-year-old female was admitted with a complaint of right lower quadrant pain. She was taken to surgery for removal of her appendix
The appendix appeared normal, but lymph nodes in the peritoneal cavity were inflamed. Cultures of the nodes were taken and sent to the microbiology department. The organism that grew appeared as clear colonies on MAC and provided the following reactions:
TSI A/A 37?C SIM —/—/— 25?C SIM —/—/+
MR/VP +/— PAD — Urea +
Citrate — ONPG + Arginine —
Lysine — Ornithine +
This is organism will also produce
A) DNase. B) clear colonies on XLD agar.
C) lipase. D) bulls-eye colonies on CIN agar.
D
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