A 60-year-old man with a chronic cough, bloody sputum, and marked weight loss is diagnosed as having tuberculosis. A “serpentine-like” colonial morphology is noted on Lowenstein-Jensen agar. This latter finding is caused by which of the following factors?
Correct Answer: Cord factor
Description: Ans. D. Cord factora. Virulent strains of M. tuberculosis grow in a characteristic "serpentine" cordlike pattern, whereas avirulent strains do not.b. Virulence of the organism is correlated with cord factor (trehalosedimycolate).
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