A Group of Researchers Is Investigating the Causative Agents Responsible

question 134

Multiple Choice

A group of researchers is investigating the causative agents responsible for infections in immunocompromised individuals.  Patients with solid-organ malignancy who have received conventional chemotherapy are enrolled in the study.  Detailed microbiologic data are obtained on any patient who develops fever during chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.  Which of the following types of pathogens are most likely to be obtained in the majority of these patients?

• A)Environmental, opportunistic pathogens
• B)Hospital-acquired, drug-resistant bacteria
• C)Pathogens spread from infected contacts
• D)Patient's own endogenous bacterial flora
• E)Previously latent, reactivated pathogens

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