Your Patient Reports 3 Days of Bloody Diarrhea and Fever

question 26

Multiple Choice

Your patient reports 3 days of bloody diarrhea and fever. You isolate a gram-negative, lactose fermenting bacillus. The likely cause of this lower GI disease is which of the following?

• A) Listeria monocytogenes
• B) Clostridioides difficile
• C) Vibrio cholera
• D) E. coli

---

Definitions:

Taxes

Required financial dues or other levy types enforced on taxpayers by governmental institutions, intended to support government funding and multiple public spending purposes.

Average Price Level

An index that summarizes prices across a variety of goods and services within an economy at a given time, providing a snapshot of overall price trends.

Imports

Goods or services brought into one country from another for the purpose of trade.

Exports

Goods or services produced within one country and sold to buyers in another country.