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Identify the incorrect statement/s:

(A) Intestinal perforation and death may occur in severe cases of typhoid infection.

(B) Common cold is caused by Rhinoviruses.

(C) Lips and fingernails may turn grey to bluish colour in severe cases of pneumonia.

(D) Pneumonia is caused by Salmonella.

(E) Typhoid fever could be confirmed by Widal test.

The correct answer is

(D) only

The incorrect statement is:

  • (D) Pneumonia is not caused by Salmonella. It is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae or Haemophilus influenzae.

Other statements are correct:

  • (A) Severe typhoid can cause intestinal perforation.
  • (B) Rhinoviruses cause the common cold.
  • (C) In severe pneumonia, oxygen deprivation may cause lips and fingernails to turn grey or blue.
  • (E) Widal test is a diagnostic method for typhoid fever.
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