Surgery – MCQ 3

Chronic burrowing ulcer is caused by:
A. Microaerophilic streptococci
B. Peptostreptococcus
C. Streptococcus viridans
D. Streptococcus pyogenes

Correct answer : Microaerophilic streptococci (Burrowing ulcer / Maleny’s ulcer is caused by synergistic infection of microaerophilic non hemolytic streptococci and aerobic hemolytic streptococci)
Ref: Das Textbook of Surgery

Note : Same question with different options is given here. (The answer is also different!)

6 Comments

Dr jeya bharathi January 22, 2011

a
adrenaline January 22, 2011

a
sreehari January 22, 2011

A.
mazhar January 23, 2011

(a)microaerophilic streptococci
narayanan August 17, 2011

a.microaerophillic streptococci
sanjay November 20, 2013

A

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