KROK 1 2015 – Question 163 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A man is suffering from diarrhea. In summer he spent his vacation in the south at the sea coast. Bacteria with the following properties were detected in his feces: gram-negative curved mobile monotrichous bacilli that do not produce spores or capsules. They are undemanding to nutrient medium but require alkaline reaction (pH 8,5-9,5). Described are the agents of the following enteric infection:
- A. Typhoid fever
- B. Shigellosis
- C. Cholera
- D. Pseudotuberculosis
- E. Colienteritis
Hint
Combine the shape, flagella arrangement and alkaline pH preference of the isolate with the seaside exposure to decide which enteric infection it is.
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