Gram-negative sepsis: Laboratory Identification

Ungraded Practice Question

The colonies shown in the blood agar (upper) and MacConkey agar (lower) biplate are a 24 hour growth from an aerobic blood culture bottle that became positive at 12 hours after inoculation. The appearance of the colonies on MacConkey agar rules out the following two bacterial species:

More than one answer is correct. Please select all correct answers

Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Escherichia coli

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