Question 7

(Multiple Choice)

The CSF from a 2-week-old infant with meningitis shows rods with tumbling motility. These bacteria are found to be Gram-positive and do not form spores. What is the most likely agent?


A) Actinomyces
B) Bacillus
C) Clostridium
D) Corynebacterium
E) Listeria

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