LabQ 2022 Clinical Laboratory: Microbiology Exercise  

Faculty/Authors

KHANH PHAM, MD¹; MEDINI ANNAVAJHALA, PHD² 
JAMIE MARINO, PHD¹; KAREN P. ACKER, MD¹
ANNE-CATRIN UHLEMANN, MD, PHD² 
LARS F. WESTBLADE, PHD¹  

¹WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE 
²COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER 
New York, New York 

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

1. Review the Technical Considerations.
2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
3. Click Access to begin the course.
4. Review the Educational Activity.
5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date: 05/27/2022 
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2024 

• describe the members of the Staphylococcus aureus complex; 

• identify the clinical presentation of infection due to a key member of the S aureus complex; 

• discuss the laboratory identification of this S aureus complex member and 

• explain the importance of its accurate identification.