An Old Patient Has a Low-Grade Fever, Copious, Severe Abdominal

question 3

Multiple Choice

An old patient has a low-grade fever, copious, severe abdominal cramps, and a copious watery diarrhea. The physician believes his condition to be pseudomembranous colitis, an infection caused by bacteria of the genus

• A) Clostridium
• B) Streptobacillus
• C) Staphylococcus
• D) Escherichia
• E) Campylobacter