Multiple choice

Which of the following types of patients are at particular risk of neisserial infection?

  1. Those with defective classical complement pathway components

  2. Those who have had their spleens removed

  3. Students in crowded dormitories

  4. Military personnel in barracks

  5. Those with final lytic pathway defects of complement

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

Neisseria species are gram-negative bacteria included among the proteobacteria.