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A 50-year-old man develops nonbloody watery diarrhea while working as an aid worker in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. He arrived in the area 2 days ago. A stool smear shows no WBCs. He subsequently develops dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities leading to cardiac and renal failure. Which of the following organisms is the most likely cause of this man’s enterocolitis?
(A) Clostridium difficile
(B) Giardia lamblia
(C) Helicobacter pylori
(D) Salmonella species
(E) Vibrio cholerae
A 50-year-old man develops nonbloody watery diarrhea while working as an aid worker in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. He arrived in the area 2 days ago. A stool smear shows no WBCs. He subsequently develops dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities leading to cardiac and renal failure. Which of the following organisms is the most likely cause of this man’s enterocolitis?
(A) Clostridium difficile
(B) Giardia lamblia
(C) Helicobacter pylori
(D) Salmonella species
(E) Vibrio cholerae
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