A microbiologist arrives at the processing bench to begin her day. Someone had placed the swabs received the previous night in the refrigerator. One was a urethral swab from a 15-year-old male complaining of a penile discharge

The emergency room physician is calling for any preliminary results. Which of the following statements is not appropriate to tell the physician?
A) The specimen should be recollected.
B) A Gram stain can be performed and, if positive for GNDC, is considered conclusive for gonorrhea.
C) The culture will be processed and results will be available tomorrow.
D) Neisseria gonorrhoeae cannot be cultured from this swab due to its susceptibility to cold and lack of CO2.

C