KROK 1 2008 – Question 120 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A patient of surgical department complains about pain in the small of her back and in the lower part of her belly; painful and frequent urination. Bacteriological examination of urine revealed gram-negative oxidase-positive rod-like bacteria forming greenish mucoid colonies with specific smell. What causative agent can it be?
- A. Str. pyogenes
- B. E. coli
- C. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- D. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- E. Proteus mirabilis
Hint
Combine the oxidase reaction with the greenish pigment and characteristic odour of the colonies to separate this rod from the common enteric ones.
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