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Microbiology
True about causative agent of MALTA FEVER is:
AGram-positive, motile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria
BPatients present with undulant fevers, sweating (often with characteristic foul, moldy smell sometimes likened to wet hay), and migratory ahralgia and myalgia (Correct Answer)
CA nasopharyngeal or an oropharynx swab is sent to the bacteriology laboratory for Gram stain.
DTreated by macrolides