KROK 1 2017 – Question 178 · 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. Pseudotuberculosis
- B. Colienteritis
- C. Cholera
- D. Typhoid fever
- E. Shigellosis
Hint
Combine cell shape, flagellar arrangement and the unusual alkaline growth requirement to decide which enteric pathogen is being described.
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