KROK 1 2009 – Question 18 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Bacteriological examination of purulent discharges from the urethra revealed gram-negative bacteria looking like coffee beans. They were localized in the leukocytes and could decompose glucose and maltose to acid. These are the causative agents of the following disease:
- A. Venereal lymphogranulomatosis
- B. Syphilis
- C. Melioidosis
- D. Soft chancre
- E. Gonorrhoea
Hint
Match the cell shape, Gram reaction and intracellular position seen in the urethral pus with the organism that classically produces them.
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