KROK 1 2013 – Question 191 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient consulted a dentist about limited mouth opening (trismus). He has a history of a stab wound of the lower extremity. What infection may cause these symptoms?
- A. Wound anaerobic infection
- B. Brucellosis
- C. Whooping cough
- D. Tetanus
- E. Tularemia
Hint
Ask which wound-associated infection acts through a toxin on the nervous system rather than by destroying local tissue, and which muscles it affects first.
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