A female patient with signs of meningitis and CSF showing gram positive cocobacilli, which is showing characteristic tumbling motility. Diagnosis is
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Listeria Information in this question are :- Gram positive Cocobacilli Tumbling motility Listeria is gram positive coccobacilli and shows characteristic tumbiling motility when grown at 25degC. Other options can easily be excludes as no one has tumbling motility (charactristic of Listeria) and no one is gram-positive coccobacillus :- Meningococci : Gram-negative cocci H. influenza : Gram-negative bacilli Pneumococcus : Gram-positive cocci
Listeria
Meningococcus
H. influenzae
Pneumococcus