KROK 1 2016 – Question 17 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A bacteriological laboratory has been investigating a sample of homemade dried fish that was the cause of severe food poisoning. Microscopy of the culture inoculated in Kitt-Tarozzi medium revealed microorganisms resembling a tennis racket. What diagnosis can be made?
- A. Botulism
- B. Typhoid fever
- C. Salmonellosis
- D. Cholera
- E. Dysentery
Hint
Kitt-Tarozzi medium is used to cultivate a particular group of bacteria defined by their oxygen requirement; combine that with the racket shape and the home-preserved food.
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