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Exam questionKROK 1Dentistry ยท 2011

Purulent discharges of a patient with a mandibulofacial phlegmon contain spheroid microorganisms making S-shaped colonies with golden pigment that produce lecithinase, plasmocoagulase, hemolysin and decompose mannitol under anaerobic conditions. Specify the kind of microorganisms that had caused the suppuration:

Answer options

  1. S. epidermidis
  2. Str. pyogenes
  3. Str. mutans
  4. S. aureus
  5. Str. sanguis
Correct answer

S. aureus

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