Case 2. A 45 year old female with previous rhinorrhea,
pharyngitis, and cough visits her doctor with a 102o fever which
appeared abruptly after a sudden shaking chill episode. He has chest pain and a productive cough with rust colored
sputum. Auscultation demonstrates inspiratory rales and "tubular" breath sounds in the right lung. X-ray shows diffuse
lobar consolidation of the right lung. Sample is from sputum.
1. What is the first thing you are going to do with
your culture?
A. Perform a Gram stain.
B. Streak for isolation on MacConkey agar and blood agar
C. Test for antibiotic sensitivity
D. All of the above.