Multiple Choice
Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the questions that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Ms. Hungh, a Burmese immigrant, enters your clinic with her interpreter complaining of fatigue, weight loss, persistent cough, and rust-colored sputum. The interpreter explains that Ms. Hungh has had this cough for many months in her home country and, now that she is in America, is seeking assistance for her condition.
-Ms.Hungh's acid-fast stain results returned inconclusive for the presence of AFBs (acid-fast bacilli) .Therefore,culturing of the sputum is performed in order to isolate microbial growth for further analysis.Which medium would be utilized to select for the growth of Mycobacterium species if present in the sample?
A) blood agar
B) Lowenstein-Jensen
C) MacConkey agar
D) Sabouraud's agar
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