KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 183 · KROK (Dentistry)
A patient with marked manifestations of exsicosis died in the infectious disease hospital. Postmortem examination results: the corpse with contracted muscles, dry skin and mucous membranes, thick and dark blood in veins, edematous plethoric mucosa, distended bowel loops, the lumen contains about 4 liters of rice-water fluid. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- A. Dysentery
- B. Cholera
- C. Yersiniosis
- D. Anthrax, intestinal form
- E. Enteric fever
Hint
Focus on the type of intestinal fluid and the extreme dehydration it caused.
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