KROK 1 2007 – Question 46 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Examination of a child revealed some whitish spots looking like coagulated milk on the mucous membrane of his cheeks and tongue. Analysis of smears revealed gram-positive oval yeast-like cells. What causative agents are they?
- A. Diphtheria bacillus
- B. Candida
- C. Actinomycetes
- D. Fusobacteria
- E. Staphylococci
Hint
Think of the opportunistic organism with budding oval cells and pseudohyphae that gives white curd-like plaques in the mouths of infants after antibiotics or immune weakness.
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