True about causative agent of MALTA FEVER is:: (A) Gram-positive, motile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria, (B) Patients present with undulant fevers, sweating (often with characteristic foul, moldy smell sometimes likened to wet hay), and migratory ahralgia and myalgia, (C) A nasopharyngeal or an oropharynx swab is sent to the bacteriology laboratory for Gram stain., (D) Treated by macrolides
Answer is B. Malta fever Causative agent- brucella Gram-negative, non motile, non spore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria. C/F- classical triad of undulant fevers, sweating often with characteristic foul, moldy smell sometimes likened to wet hay Migratory ahralgia and myalgia LAB DIAGNOSIS:- blood culture in biphasic blood culture media(casteneda's), add erythrol improve growth D.O.C:-DOXYCYCLINE