Case 3. A 38 year old associate professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine, who is otherwise healthy,
notes a mild sore throat before going to bed. The next morning his throat is extremely painful making it difficult to eat or
drink. Dedicated to his science and students he goes
in to work. As the morning progresses the pain rapidly worsens, he has chills and feels achy. Even his faithful technician
tells him he looks bad. By the afternoon he calls it quits and heads home. But first he makes a swab of his pharynx, using
expert technique that he is about to teach second year medical students. At home his temperature is 99.8, so he begins
taking ibuprofin and throat anesthetics. Examining his throat in the mirror, he notes highly erythematous tonsils and
pharyngeal region with pus. The submandibular and anterior cervical lymph nodes are tender. The sample is taken from the
pharyngeal swab.
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.