1, A patient with an infected wound on their hand is found to be caused by Staphylococcus aureus.

List 2 tests that can be performed in the microbiology lab (identify tests that we did in the lab portion of the class only) to confirm the presence of the organism.

2, A patient was recently exposed to the Sars-CoV-2 virus and has had mild cold symptoms for 12 hours. The patient gets a PCR test performed at the local UW Covid testing site and also performs a rapid test at home. The rapid test at home results are negative, however the PCR results are positive.

Explain these findings, why are the tests giving different results?

3, Can you become sick with an infection of T4 phage? Explain your answer.

4, MRSA is an organism that is

A, resistant to methicillin

B, sensitive to Augmentin

C, resistant to almost all of the beta-lactam antibiotics

D, severe infections are often treated with vancomycin