KROK 1 2016 – Question 187 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient diagnosed with acute dysentery has been treated for 3 days in an infectious diseases hospital. On admission there were complaints of high temperature, stomachache and fluid excrements with mucus up to 8-10 times a day. What sample should be taken for analysis?
- A. Urine
- B. Liquor
- C. Bile
- D. Blood
- E. Feces
Hint
Ask where the causative agent of this disease multiplies and by which route it leaves the body, since the specimen should come from that site.
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