Your patient has several infected hair follicles and that are inflamed, red and painful. You take a sample from the skin

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Your patient has several infected hair follicles and that are inflamed, red and painful. You take a sample from the skin

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Your patient has several infected hair follicles and that areinflamed, red and painful. You take a sample from the skin and findthat the organism grows in blood agar with clear halos but cannotgrow in salty or acidic conditions. Based on this information, whatdo you expect to see in a Gram stain?
Gram + cocci in strepto chains
Gram - cocci in staphylo clusters
Gram + single coccus
Gram - cocci in strepto chains
Gram + cocci in staphylo clusters
Gram - single coccus
Select all of the following descriptions that correctly describethe Staphylococcus genus. (Select all correct options.)
Fastidious
Acidotolerant
Described by their hemolytic pattern
Gram -
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