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Microbiology Systemic Bacteriology (Haemophilus, Yersinia, Spirochaetes, Ricketssia, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Miscellaneous Bacteria) 0cecd36a

True about causative agent of MALTA FEVER is:

A
Gram-positive, motile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria
B
Patients present with undulant fevers, sweating (often with characteristic foul, moldy smell sometimes likened to wet hay), and migratory ahralgia and myalgia
C
A nasopharyngeal or an oropharynx swab is sent to the bacteriology laboratory for Gram stain.
D
Treated by macrolides
High-Yield Explanation
Malta fever Causative agent- brucella Gram-negative, non motile, non spore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria. C/F- classical triad of undulant fevers, sweating often with characteristic foul, moldy smell sometimes likened to wet hay Migratory ahralgia and myalgia LAB DIAGNOSIS:- blood culture in biphasic blood culture media(casteneda's), add erythrol improve growth D.O.C:-DOXYCYCLINE

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