KROK 1 2023 – Question 27 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A doctor suspects diphtheria in a patient. Bacterioscopy of a throat swab detected rod-shaped bacteria with volutin granules. What etiotropic drug would be the drug of choice in this case?
- A. Antidiphtheric antitoxic serum
- B. Bacteriophage
- C. Interferon
- D. Diphtheria toxoid
- E. Eubiotic
Hint
Consider that the systemic damage in this infection is caused by an exotoxin, and decide which option gives an immediate, passive effect in an already sick patient rather than lasting vaccine-type protection.
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