Punjab Medical Punjab - MET Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Typhoid fever is caused by

    A)  Giardia                

    B)  Salmonella

    C)  Shigella               

    D)  Escherichia

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Salmonella typhi causes typhoid fever in human beings. It is characterised by constant fever due to infection of intestine. Giardia is a flagellate protozoan, lamblia species of this protozoan causes disease giardiasis, a prolonged diarrhoeal disease in humans. Bacterial genus Shigella causes shigellosis or bacillary dysentery. Escherichia coli is a facultative anaerobes, found in the intestine of human beings.


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