KROK 1 2011 – Question 16 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A 55-year-old male patient was hospitalised to a surgical clinic for suspected septicemia. What material should be taken for analysis?
- A. Pus, yolk saline agar
- B. Liquor, serum agar
- C. Urine, beef-extract broth
- D. Blood, sugar broth
- E. Lymph node punctate, cysteine agar
Hint
In a generalised infection ask which body fluid carries the organisms, and what kind of medium suits growing them from very small numbers.
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