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A 20 year old patient comes to the homeless clinic with a skin abscess on the right arm. A swab from the intact skin overlying this abscess grows coagulase negative staphylococci. An aspirate obtained sterilely with a needle and syringe grows Staphylococcus aureus. About these 2 organisms in this patient you can say?

Answer:

* A. Both are normal flora and contaminated the specimens sent to the lab
* B. The staph aureus is a pathogen and the coagulase negative staph is not
* C. The coagulase negative staphylococcus is a pathogen
* D. The coagulase negative staphylococcus is an opportunistic pathogen

Correct Answer: B

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