KROK 1 2011 – Question 158 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient has food poisoning. Laboratory analysis revealed a culture of anaerobic gram-positive spore-forming bacteria. What is the most likely kind of the isolated causative agent?
- A. P. mirabilis
- B. Vibrio parahemolyticus
- C. Escherichia coli
- D. C. perfringens
- E. Proteus vulgaris
Hint
Check each listed organism against the three properties given in the stem: Gram reaction, oxygen requirement and spore formation.
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