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(A) Direct gram stain of patient's blood culture showed gram positive coryneforms (rodlike or clublike shape). (B) After 48 -h incubation, pinpoint and yellow colonies were seen in blood (left) and chocolate agar (right) plates, respectively.
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The organism appeared like gram positive coryneforms on direct smear (Fig. 1a), and showed pinpoint and yellow colonies after incubation in blood and chocolate agar plates, respectively (Fig. 1b).