Section 7.12
Microbiology and Parasitology Problem Solving
A 20-year-old female patient entered the emergency clinic complaining of abdominal pain, fever, and a burning sensation during urination. An above-normal WBC count along with pus cells and bacteria in the urine specimen prompted the emergency physician to order a urine culture. The colony count reported for this patient revealed >100,000 col/mL of a nonhemolytic, catalase-negative, gram-positive organism on 5% sheep blood agar. The following test results indicate which organism?
