The catheterized urine from a pregnant 28-year-old female at 26 weeks gestation grows 110 colonies of beta-hemolytic, gray colonies that prove to be catalase negative, PYR negative, and hippurate hydrolysis positive
There is no growth on the MacConkey agar. A 0.001 mL calibrated loop was used to inoculate both agars. This organism should be reported as
A) >100,000 CFU/mL of Streptococcus agalactiae. B) >10,000 CFU/mL of Streptococcus pyogenes.
C) >100,00 CFU/mL of Streptococcus pyogenes. D) >1000 CFU/mL of Streptococcus agalactiae.
A
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