KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 57 · KROK (Dentistry)
From the fecal sample of a patient Shigella sonnei were isolated. What additional studies are required to identify the source of infection?
- A. Neutralization reaction
- B. Antibiogram
- C. Phage-typing of the isolated pure culture
- D. Precipitation reaction
- E. Complement-fixation reaction
Hint
Think of an intraspecies typing method that shows whether isolates from the patient and from suspected carriers are the same strain.
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