A One- Year- Old Boy Was Listless, Irritable, and Sleepy

question 20

Multiple Choice

A one- year- old boy was listless, irritable, and sleepy. Capsulated Gram- negative rods were cultured from his cerebrospinal fluid. His symptoms were caused by

• A) Clostridium tetani.
• B) Neisseria meningitidis.
• C) a prion.
• D) rabies.
• E) Haemophilus influenzae.

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