KROK 1 2014 – Question 15 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Stool culture test revealed in a 6-month-old bottle-fed baby the strain of intestinal rod-shaped bacteria of antigen structure O-111. What diagnosis can be made?
- A. Gastroenteritis
- B. Choleriform disease
- C. Dysentery-like disease
- D. Colienteritis
- E. Food poisoning
Hint
Think about which common gut-dwelling Gram-negative rods have O-serotypes that are pathogenic in infants, and which disease name matches infection with that species.
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