micro q 2 - sarat

[ArchivalUser]

A patient develops a fever, goes into shock and dies in the hospital. Upon performing a blood culture you find that the patient had a Gram negative sepsis. What is the likely cause of the patient's fever and subsequent demise?
A. Peptidoglycan components that are released into the blood
B. The presence of pili on the bacterial cell
C. The presence of lipopolysaccharide in the outer membrane
D. The release of lipoprotein by the bacterial cell on autolysis

[ArchivalUser]

The answer is D becos the gram -ve bacteria have endotoxins that can onle be released after bacterial lysis

[ArchivalUser]

c,

[ArchivalUser]

Kindof agree with Honda. G negative bacteria cause sepsis due to endotoxin.

[ArchivalUser]

whats the answer sarat?

[ArchivalUser]

lipopolysaccharide component of the gm -ve bact is responsible for producing endotoxic (septic) shock. LPS is experimentally used to induce septicemia in animal models. so it should be C