KROK 1 2007 – Question 187 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A laboratory received a material from a patient’s wound. Preliminary diagnosis is gaseous gangrene. What microbiological method should be applied to determine species of causative agent?
- A. Serological
- B. RIA
- C. Allergic
- D. Bacteriological
- E. Bacterioscopic
Hint
To name the exact clostridial species you must isolate a pure culture of the anaerobe and study its properties, not just look at a smear or measure antibodies.
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