Neonatal meningitis: Laboratory Identification

Question

Shown in the photograph are three tubes-(1) motility agar (note subsurface flare--see arrows); (2) esculin hydrolysis (+), and (3) VP (+). The reactions illustrated here are sufficient to rule out Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.

Select true or false

True

False

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