KROK 1 2008 – Question 28 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Bacterioscopic examination of a smear from the pharynx of a diphtheria suspect revealed bacilli with volutine granules. What etiotropic drug should be chosen in this case?
- A. Bacteriophage
- B. Eubiotic
- C. Interferon
- D. Diphtheritic anatoxin
- E. Antidiphtheritic antitoxic serum
Hint
Etiotropic therapy targets the cause of the disease; ask which circulating product of this bacillus actually damages the patient and how it can be neutralised.
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