5 year old child with pseudomembrane in throat, fever, sore throat, the organism causing is
Corynebacterium diphtheriaNon-motile, non-capsulated, club-shaped gram-positive bacillusInfect nasopharynx & release exotoxin which cause local inflammation of epithelial surface, the formation of a membrane (pseudomembrane) and toxemia.(Refer: Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics, SAE, 1st edition, pg no. 1345 - 1348)
Comma shaped gram negative bacilli
Club shaped gram positive bacilli
Spore forming gram positive bacilli
Filamentous gram positive bacilli
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