KROK 1 2007 – Question 116 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
For the purpose of retrospective diagnostics of recent bacterial dysentery it was decided to perform serological examination of blood serum in order to determine antibody titer towards Shiga bacilli. What of the following reactions should be applied?
- A. Bordet-Gengou test
- B. Precipitation
- C. Passive hemagglutination
- D. Bacteriolysis
- E. Hemolysis
Hint
Retrospective serodiagnosis means detecting and titrating antibodies; think of a reaction in which the titre is the highest serum dilution still giving a visible result with a sensitised reagent.
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