Stool culture test revealed in a 6-month-old bottle-fed baby the strain of intestinal rod-shaped bacteria of antigen structure 0-111. What diagnosis can be made?

Answer options

1. Choleriform disease
2. Food poisoning
3. Dysentery-like disease
4. Colienteritis
5. Gastroenteritis

Explanation

Stool culture test revealed in a 6-month-old bottle-fed baby the strain of intestinal rod-shaped bacteria of antigen structure 0-111. What diagnosis can be made? The antigen strain 0-111 is specific to E.coli which is a rod-shaped bacteria and this bacteria affects the intestine since it is also a normal flora of the intestine. Hence, it can cause colienteritis, which is inflammation of the intestines.