Within a span of one week, three different infants attending the same daycare center present with lesions looking simila

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Within a span of one week, three different infants attending the same daycare center present with lesions looking simila

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Within a span of one week, three different infantsattending the same daycare center present with lesions lookingsimilar to those shown in the attached photo. You carefully swabthe lesions and send them to the microbiology lab foridentification of the organisms. The lab result comes back positivefor the presence of Gram-positive cocci. What biochemical test willyou perform to identify if the cocci are staphylococci orstreptococci?
a.
Motility test
b.
Oxidase test
c.
Hemolytic test
d.
Coagulase test
e.
Catalase test
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