PANCE Exam Practice Questions: Quiz 185

A 16-year-old Hispanic female presents to the clinic complaining of severe pain in her right ear. She is on the local high school swim team and has been participating in extra practice sessions. Her ear pain is so severe that she cannot lie on her right side to sleep. On physical exam, the right tragus is tender to palpation. The right ear canal is swollen and has scant white, clumpy discharge. Culture of this discharge would most likely reveal what organism?
- A. Haemophilus influenzae
- B. Moraxella catarrhalis
- C. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- D. Streptococcus pneumonia

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