You Are a Nurse on a Post-Surgical Ward

question 8

Multiple Choice

You are a nurse on a post-surgical ward. One of your patients is an elderly woman who has just had her gallbaldder removed. When you go into her room to check on her, you find that she has significant diarrhea, as well as fever and abdominal pain. You suspect that she has Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) , and send a sample of her feces down to the hospital lab for analysis. The test result indicates that your patient does indeed have CDI. You make your patient comfortable and answer her questions about her illness.
-Clostridium difficile produces toxins that are involved in the pathogenesis of CDI. Which toxins are associated with ALL strains of this organism?

• A) Toxin A and toxin B
• B) CagA and vacA
• C) CagA and toxin A
• D) Binary toxin and VacA
• E) Toxin A, toxin B, and binary toxin

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