KROK 1 2020 – Question 124 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Microscopy of the sputum of a patient with lobar pneumonia revealed a large number of gram-positive lancet-shaped encapsulated diplococci. What causative agent is it?
- A. Streptococcus pneumoniae
- B. Chlamydia pneumoniae
- C. Staphylococcus aureus
- D. Escherichia coli
- E. Klebsiella pneumoniae
Hint
Match the Gram reaction, cell shape, arrangement and the capsule seen in the sputum smear with the usual bacterial cause of lobar consolidation of the lung.
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