KROK 1 2017 – Question 166 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Typical manifestations of food poisoning caused by C. botulinum are double vision, abnormal functioning of the swallowing and breathing. These symptoms develop as the result of:
- A. Pathogen adhesion to the enterocyte receptors
- B. Enterotoxic shock development
- C. Enterotoxin action
- D. Exotoxin action
- E. Activation of adenylate cyclase
Hint
Consider whether botulism symptoms come from bacteria damaging the gut lining or from a substance absorbed from the gut that targets nerves, and what it does at the synapse.
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