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The sputum specimen of a 70 year old male was cultured on a 5% sheep blood agar.The culture showed the presence of a-haemolytic colonies next day. The further processing of this organism is most likely to yield -

A. Gram positive cocci in short chains, catalase negative and bile resistant
B. Gram positive cocci in pairs, catalase negative and bile resistant
C. Gram positive cocci in clusters, catalase positive and coagulase positive
D. Gram negative cocci bacilli catalase positive and oxidase positive
Answer» C. Gram positive cocci in clusters, catalase positive and coagulase positive


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