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3723 Microbiology

An 11-day-old neonate has been brought to his paediatrician because the infant has developed a sharp cough. Physical examination also reveals a mild conjunctivitis with some pus; a chest film confirms pneumonia. No organisms are seen on Gram stain of the pus. What is the most likely causative agent?

AAn obligate intracellular organism unable to make its own ATP (Correct Answer)
BA diplococcus that has a high potential to cause blindness as well as the pneumonia
CAn organism that has no peptidoglycan or other cell-wall polymer
DAn obligate intracellular organism infective vascular endothelium
3725 Microbiology

A 35 years old patient complains of abdominal cramps along with profuse diarrhea. The treating physician wants to process the stool culture for isolation of Campylobacter jejuni. Which of the method of choice for stool culture?

ACulture on TCBS medium and incubated at 37degC under aerobic conditions
BCulture on Skirrow medium and incubated at 42degC under microaerobic conditions (Correct Answer)
CCulture on MacConkey medium and incubated at 42degC under aerobic conditions
DCulture on Wilson and Blair medium and incubated at 37degC under microaerobic conditions