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Question: A 20 year old patient comes to the homeless clinic with a skin abscess on the right arm. A swab from the intact skin overlying this abscess grows coagulase negative staphylococci. An aspirate obtained sterilely with a needle and syringe grows Staphylococcus aureus. About these 2 organisms in this patient you can say?
A. Both are normal flora and contaminated the specimens sent to the lab
B. The staph aureus is a pathogen and the coagulase negative staph is not
C. The coagulase negative staphylococcus is a pathogen
D. The coagulase negative staphylococcus is an opportunistic pathogen

Answer: B. The staph aureus is a pathogen and the coagulase negative staph is not

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Question: A 20 year old patient comes to the homeless clinic with a skin abscess on the right arm. A swab from the intact skin overlying this abscess grows coagulase negative staphylococci. An aspirate obtained sterilely with a needle and syringe grows Staphylococcus aureus. About these 2 organisms in this patient you can say?
A. Both are normal flora and contaminated the specimens sent to the lab
B. The staph aureus is a pathogen and the coagulase negative staph is not
C. The coagulase negative staphylococcus is a pathogen
D. The coagulase negative staphylococcus is an opportunistic pathogen

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B. The staph aureus is a pathogen and the coagulase negative staph is not Source: CoolInterview.com

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