Which organism can penetrate intact cornea: September 2009: (A) Pneumococcus, (B) Gonococci, (C) Pseudomonas, (D) Staphylococci
Answer is B. Ans. B: Gonococci Organisms that penetrate intact epithelium: Corynebacterium (Diptheria)-a nonencapsulated, nonmotile, gram-positive bacillus Acanthamoeba Neisseria gonorrhoea Aegyptius Listeria Shigella