MCQ MAHE 2000 Microbiology Answer 05

The Correct Answer is D

Common bacterial foodborne pathogens are:

Bacillus cereus
Campylobacter jejuni which can lead to secondary Guillain-Barré syndrome

Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes

Escherichia coli O157:H7
enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) which causes hemolytic-uremic syndrome
* Escherichia coli - enteroinvasive (EIEC)
* Escherichia coli - enteropathogenic (EPEC)
* Escherichia coli - enterotoxigenic (ETEC)
* Escherichia coli - enteroaggregative (EAEC or EAgEC)
* Listeria monocytogenes
* Salmonella spp.
* Shigella spp.
* Streptococcus
* Vibrio cholerae, including O1 and non-O1
* Vibrio parahaemolyticus
* Vibrio vulnificus
* Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Less common bacterial agents:

* Brucella spp.
* Corynebacterium ulcerans
* Coxiella burnetii or Q fever
* Plesiomonas shigelloides

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