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2. A sputum sample is collected from a 40-year-old man with a cough, fever, and symptoms of an upper respiratory tract i
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2. A sputum sample is collected from a 40-year-old man with a cough, fever, and symptoms of an upper respiratory tract i
2. A sputum sample is collected from a 40-year-old man with a cough, fever, and symptoms of an upper respiratory tract infection. The Gram stain shows an abundance of gram-positive cocci in chains, a moderate amount of squamous epithelial cells, and no PMNs. The blood agar plate grew small, greyish, a hemolytic colonies. The P disc was performed, and the organism grew up to the disc. Does this sample seem to show a pathogen or contamination? Why? What organism do you suspect?
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