KROK 1 2023 – Question 113 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A certain infectious agent can damage mucosa, cause inflammation of internal organs, sepsis, provoke formation of blue-green pus, and is quite resistant to most antibiotics. What pathogen is it?
- A. Proteus vulgaris
- B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- C. Staphylococcus aureus
- D. Escherichia coli
- E. Streptococcus mutans
Hint
Blue-green pus is a clue to a pigment-producing Gram-negative rod that is notorious for hospital infections and intrinsic antibiotic resistance.
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