Question 13

(Multiple Choice)

A 29-year-old woman with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has severe, nonresolving watery diarrhea. It is not gray or greasy. Acid-fast oocysts are seen in the stools. What is the most likely causative agent?


A) Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
B) Cryptosporidium
C) Enterotoxic Escherichia coli
D) Giardia
E) Salmonella

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