You Are Looking After Your Sister's Cat Singa

question 19

Multiple Choice

You are looking after your sister's cat Singa. While playing one evening, Singa accidentally bites you instead of the toy mouse you are holding. The bite wound is very small but is in the fleshy part of your hand. You wash the wound, which is not bleeding much, and put a band aid on it. The next day, your whole hand is red, swollen, and painful, and some lymph nodes in your arm are enlarged and tender. You call your sister, who is an RN. She urges you to go to the doctor, telling you that animal bites can sometimes be infected, and that if that is the case, you will need treatment before the infection gets any worse.
-You go to the urgent care in your neighborhood. There, a physician's assistant (PA) tells you that wounds caused by animal bites (especially cats) can be infected with 

• A) Pasteurella multocida AND Streptobacillus moniliformis.
• B) Staphylococcus aureus AND Streptobacillus moniliformis.
• C) Streptococcus epidermidis AND Streptobacillus moniliformis.
• D) Pasteurella multocida OR Bartonella henselae.
• E) Bartonella henselae OR Streptobacillus moniliformis.

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