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Widal test is used to diagnose …………
a) cholera                    
b) typhoid
c) pneumonia              
d) Tuberculosis

b

Which of the following is/are the symptom/s of typhoid fever?
a) ulcer and blood in stool                 
b) little diarrhea
c) mounting fever and lethargy                      
d) all of these

d

Explanation: the abdomen become covered with red spot (hemorrhaging)



In which of the following bacterial disease in later stages, the gall bladder is infected?
a) cholera                    
b) typhoid
c) pneumonia              
d) Tuberculosis

b

Which of the following antibiotic is used to treat typhoid fever?
a) tetracycline             
b) chloramphenicol
c) rifampin                  
d) penicillin with tetracycline and chloramphenicol

b

Tuberculosis (TB) is a killer disease for thousands of years caused by……….
a) Mycobacterium tuberculosis         
b) Salmonella typhi
c) Streptococcus pneumoniae            
d) Vibrio cholera

a

Explanation: it is an acid resistant bacillus bacterium



The patient of TB experiences………
a) chronic cough        
b) chest pain and high fever
c) rust colored mucus 
d) all of these

d

Explanation: a hard nodule called tubercle is form in the lungs



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