KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 51 · KROK (Dentistry)
A pregnant woman complains of vaginal mucosa irritation, itching and genital tract secretion. Bacterioscopy of vaginal smears revealed large gram-positive oval oblong cells that form pseudomycelium. What is the most probable channel of infection?
- A. Wound infection
- B. Sexual transmission
- C. Contact infection
- D. Endogenous infection
- E. Vector-borne transmission
Hint
Identify the organism from the smear (large gram-positive budding cells forming pseudomycelium) and consider where it normally lives and why pregnancy favours its overgrowth.
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