KROK 1 2013 – Question 175 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Typical manifestations of food poisoning caused by C. botulinum are double vision, abnormal functioning of the swallowing and breathing. These symptoms develop as a result of:
- A. Activation of adenylate cyclase
- B. Exotoxin effects
- C. Enterotoxic shock development
- D. Enterotoxin effects
- E. Pathogen adhesion to the enterocyte receptors
Hint
Consider what the neurological, rather than intestinal, nature of these symptoms says about the kind of microbial product responsible and where in the body it acts.
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