A young girl is bitten on the finger by her pet kitten. Within 8 hours the finger is red and indurated, and a seropurulent discharge can be expressed from the wound. A Gram stain reveals many polymorphonuclear leukocytes and small gram-negative coccobacilli with bipolar staining.
The responsible organism is most likely:
A) Staphylococcus aureus.
B) Streptococcus pneumoniae.
C) Yersinia pestis.
D) Pasteurella multocida.
E) Bartonella henselae
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Infectious Diseases MCQs
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