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Bacteriology

All are true about bordetella pertussis except______________?

All are true about bordetella pertussis except______________?

A. Most common cause is B. Petrussis
B. It may occur in children and young adult after vaccination
C. Bacteria culture from nasopharyngeal swab is the definitive diagnosis
D. Presence of antibodies in serum in diagnostic of the disease

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Bacteriology, Medical Mcqs, Microbiology

All are true about widel test except________________________?

All are true about widel test except________________________?

A. Base lines differ depending on the endemicity of the disease
B. O antibodiest last longer and hence is not indicative of recent infection
C. H antigen cannot differentiate between subtypes
D. High titre value in a single widal test is not confirmative

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Bacteriology, Medical Mcqs, Microbiology