A 63-year-old patient with chronic cough, bloody sputum and marked weight loss was diagnosed with tuberculosis. On Lowenstein-Jensen agar, a "serpentine" colony morphology is noted. This latter finding is related to which of the following factors?
coagulase
endotoxin
large “slimy” capsule
trehalose-6,6’-dimycolate
Wax D
4 апр 2024
