KROK 1 2010 – Question 99 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
Among junior children of an orphanage an outbreak of intestinal infection with signs of colienteritis was registered. In order to identify isolated causative agent it is necessary to:
- A. To determine sensitivity to antibiotics
- B. To study biochemical properties of the causative agent
- C. To study sensitivity to bacteriophages
- D. Study antigenic properties of the causative agent
- E. To study virulence of the causative agent
Hint
Identifying the strain responsible for an outbreak means distinguishing it from other isolates of the same species; ask which laboratory characteristic allows such typing.
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