Organisms that are short rods or coccobacilli and obligate intracellular bacteria best describes:

A) Streptococcus pyogenes
B) Helicobacter pylori
C) Rickettsia prowazekii
D) Mycoplasma pneumonia


Ans: C) Rickettsia prowazekii

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