KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 42 · KROK (Dentistry)
There are several cases of children from boarding school suffering from sore throat. Microscopy of tonsil smears stained according to Neisser method has revealed thin yellow bacilli with dark brown grains on their ends situated in the shape of the Roman numeral five. What infection can be suspected in this case?
- A. Listeriosis
- B. Diphtheria
- C. Tonsillitis
- D. Scarlet fever
- E. Infectious mononucleosis
Hint
Recall which pathogen's bacilli carry metachromatic volutin granules at their poles and lie at angles to one another.
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