Prelabs are due AS YOU ENTER your lab (no exceptions, no
late assignments accepted). To complete them, make sure you
have read your lab procedures, the lab image/PowerPoints,
recommended textbook chapters, and the microscopy
guidelines.
(1) 4 pts. Unknown Solving - Similar to Lab Final/Week 10
On the lab final, you will be expected to solve an unknown problem
like this, using a bigger table and verbal/written descriptions of the
results.
Identification Chart Sulfur Indole Lactose Glucose-Gas Citrate
Escherichia coli
Citrobacter freundi
Citrobacter intermedius
Salmonella
Shigella
Providencia
Edwardsiella
Enterobacter
Hafnia
Proteus
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You are a clinical lab microbiologist working in a hospital lab. You
have worked up the following urine-derived culture from a patient
who is experiencing UTI symptoms.
Raw Data After Growing (in no particular order)
Purple slant tube colonies are light/white
Stab tube is black
Kovacs solution is golden
Slant tube is blue
Yellow liquid tube with bubble
Unknown Identity
(2) 6 pts. This week, you are studying ways to diagnose different
"Strep" bacteria. Complete the following "prediction" table based on
the following "Strep case study" stories.
Which Strep species?
Appearance on
Blood Agar
Draw Group A Strep
Test Lateral Flow Strip
Results
Your patient has a very sore, red,
pus-covered throat and fever.
Predict the following results and
identification.
Your patient has a high fever, a deep
cough, and a cloudy lung X-ray.
Predict the following results and
identification.
