CLOSTRIDIUM QUIZ

Types of exotoxin, most commonly associated with botulism in man, is/are?

All of these

Type E

Type B

Type A

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Stormy clot reaction is useful in identification of

C botulinum

C difficile

C tetani

C perfringens

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Which of the following types of Clostridium perfringens produces alpha toxin most abundantly?

Type C

Type A

Type D

Type B

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Clostridium botulinum food poisoning is due to

invasion of bacteria in the intestine

preformed toxin

None of these

both (a) and (b)

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Reddening of meat in cooked meat broth is produced by

C histolyticum

Clostridium perfringens

C sporogenes

C tetani

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Which of the following properties are the characteristics of tetanospasmin?

It can be toxoided

It is a heat-labile protein

All of these

It is a neurotoxin

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The most toxic exotoxin is

tetanus toxin

diphtheria toxin

botulinum toxin

cholera toxin

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Food poisoning strains of Clostridium perfringens belong to

type A

type D

type B

type C

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Drumstick appearance is characteristic of

C tetani

C tetanomorphum

C sphenoides

all of these

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Which of the following(s) is/are obligate anaeorbes?

C tetani

C septicum

C novyi

All of these

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