Microbiology – MCQ 68 – Toxin induced diarrhoea

Toxins are implicated as the major pathogenetic mechanism in all of the following bacterial diarrhoeas except?
A. Vibrio cholerae
B. Shigella sp.
C. Vibrio parahaemolyticus
D. Staphylococcus aureus

Correct answer : C. Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Vibrio parahaemolyticus causes enteritis by invasion of intestinal epithelium.

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