Six Hours After a Beach Picnic on a Hot Afternoon

question 22

Multiple Choice

Six hours after a beach picnic on a hot afternoon, a young man enters the emergency department with nausea and vomiting, headache, and diarrhea.On interview, the patient says that he ate potato salad and tuna fish sandwiches.What should the nurse suspect is the causative organism for these symptoms?

• A) Clostridium botulinum
• B) Clostridium perfringens
• C) Salmonella
• D) Staphylococcus aureus

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