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A Microbiologist Is Reading a Sputum Culture and Notices That

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A microbiologist is reading a sputum culture and notices that there is no growth on the sheep blood and MacConkey (MAC) agar plates, but there is heavy growth on the chocolate plate. The colonies on the plate are translucent, moist, smooth, and convex, with a mousy odor. What is the most likely identification of the organism?


A) Haemophilus parainfluenzae
B) H. influenzae
C) H. aegyptius
D) H. ducreyi

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