Question

"Mosquito Bite" Stop Several of Annie's mosquito bites were not healing, and instead had become swollen and painful, suggesting an infection. When the infection didn't respond to several applications of triple antibiotic ointment, Annie's mother took her to the pediatric clinic. A sterile swab was used to collect a specimen of pus from the infected site and the swab was used to inoculate a blood agar plate. After overnight incubation, the specimen showed significant bacterial growth. A Gram stain of the bacterial colonies showed gram-positive cocci. 24h 24 h Isolation Stock Culture Analyze sample Gram-positive Back to cases Redo experiment Instructions Help Give feedback End experiment

Answer 1

when the mosquito bites scratching or cracking of the skin leads to a particular infection called Cellulitis occurs when bacteria, most commonly positive cocci (streptococcus and staphylococcus), enter through a crack or break in your skin. On blood agar plates staphylococcus frequently surrounded withzones of clear beta haemolysis.