KROK 1 2009 – Question 9 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
While studying a microslide obtained from the punctuate of a regional lymph node and stained by Romanovsky-Giemsa method a physician revealed some light-pink thin microorganisms with 12-14 regular spiral coils and pointed ends, up to 10-13 micrometer long. This might be the causative agent of the following disease:
- A. Leishmaniasis
- B. Leptospirosis
- C. Syphilis
- D. Relapsing fever
- E. Trypanosomiasis
Hint
Compare the coil pattern, end shape and staining quality described in the stem with the morphology of the spirochetes and protozoa listed.
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