Post Traumatic Wound Infection: Clinical History

Question

A gram stain of the serous exudate is shown in the photograph. The appropriate report would read:

Please select the single best answer

Gram-positive cocci

Gram-positive cocci in tetrads and clusters

Gram-positive cocci suggestive of Staphylococcus sp

Smear positive for bacteria

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