NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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One among them is a virulence factor associated with Gonococci
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Pili
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Flagella
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Endoflagella
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Exotoxin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Gonococci of the colonial types that are associated with virulence, types 1 and 2, have pili that enable the bacteria both to attach in vitro to human epithelial cells and to resist phagocytosis by polymorphonuclear leukocytes. These piliated gonococci also agglutinate various mammalian and chicken erythrocytes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IV pilus is a multifunctional, dynamic fiber involved in host cell attachment, DNA transformation, and twitching motility.
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