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Exam questionKROK 1Pharmacy ยท 2009

From a patient with the symptoms of acute meningitis the spinal fluid was taken. Its smears contained gram-negative diplococci within the leukocytes and outside them. Which microorganism is the most likely cause of the disease?

Answer options

  1. Haemophilus influenzae
  2. Streptococcus pneumoniae
  3. Candida albicans
  4. Escherichia coli
  5. Neisseria meningitidis
Correct answer

Neisseria meningitidis

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