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Answer to February 2019 Photo Quiz

Authors :
Renée Pasciuta
Paola Cichero
Rossella Ieri
Silvia Carletti
Nicola Clementi
Massimo Clementi
C. Ossi
Nicasio Mancini
Cinzia Tavano
Roberto Burioni
Source :
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 57
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
American Society for Microbiology, 2019.

Abstract

Answer: Streptococcus pneumoniae. The figure in the photo quiz shows an uncommon Gram stain of a Streptococcus pneumoniae isolate. The subcultured isolate did not grow either on blood agar (BBL Columbia agar with 5% sheep blood; Becton Dickinson) or on chocolate agar (chocolate agar-PolyViteX; bioM

Details

ISSN :
1098660X and 00951137
Volume :
57
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c4af3fe596337f82e746baef161e43b5
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00175-18