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Q4 Single choice

A patient with recent abdominal surgery develops a fever, abdominal pain, and a wound infection. Gram stain of the wound exudate reveals a mixture of Gram-negative rods and Gram-positivebacilli. Anaerobic culture yields a foul-smelling, Gram-negative rod that is bile-esculin positive. The MOST likely organism is:

  • A

    Clostridium perfringens

  • B

    Bacteroides fragilis

  • C

    Escherichia coli

  • D

    Peptostreptococcus anaerobius