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Prepare with the ABPath Medical Microbiology Practice Questions - ABPath Medical Microbiology Subspecialty Certification Examination Exam practice quiz. This question bank includes 100 questions covering patient, organism, positive, shows, and blood. Use it to review important concepts, identify knowledge gaps, and build confidence for the related exam, course, or assessment.

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Question 1
A pleural fluid specimen shows Gram-positive cocci in chains on direct smear. After 24 hours on sheep blood agar, colonies are small with a narrow zone of beta-hemolysis and are catalase-negative. Lancefield grouping is positive for Group A. Which organism is most likely?
Streptococcus pyogenes
Streptococcus agalactiae
Enterococcus faecalis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Question 2
A wound swab grows Gram-positive cocci in clusters. The isolate is catalase-positive and coagulase-positive. Which identification is most likely?
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
Micrococcus luteus
Question 3
An S. aureus isolate from a surgical wound is tested with a cefoxitin disk: a 19 mm zone is observed. Per current CLSI breakpoints, how should this be interpreted?
Susceptible to methicillin (MSSA)
Resistant to methicillin (MRSA)
Vancomycin-resistant
Inducible clindamycin resistance
Question 4
Which confirmatory test phenotypically detects ESBL (extended-spectrum beta-lactamase) production in Enterobacterales?
Modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM)
Nitrocefin chromogenic disk
Ceftazidime/cefotaxime MIC reduction ≥3 log2 dilutions with clavulanate
Cefoxitin disk screen
Question 5
A Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate is resistant to meropenem. Which test is the CLSI-recommended phenotypic method for carbapenemase detection?
Modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) with or without EDTA-mCIM
Etest vancomycin gradient
Disk diffusion with cefoxitin
Standard broth microdilution alone

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ABPath Medical Microbiology Practice Questions - ABPath Medical Microbiology Subspecialty Certification Examination Exam

This practice set contains 100 questions from the matching question bank and focuses on patient, organism, positive, shows, and blood. Work through each question carefully, review the provided solutions, and revisit topics that need more study before your next attempt.

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