KROK 1 2012 – Question 67 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Bacterioscopy of nasopharyngeal mucus taken from a 2,5 year old child with nasopharyngitis revealed gram-positive diplococci looking like coffee grains. What organs of the child are most likely to be affected if these microorganisms penetrate the blood?
- A. Brain tunics
- B. Urogenital tracts
- C. Renal glomeruli
- D. Lymph nodes
- E. Cardiac valves
Hint
Identify the bacterium from its shape and its habitat in the nasopharynx, then ask which tissue it typically seeds after reaching the bloodstream.
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