A bunch of friends ordered takeout from a local Chinese restaurant for dinner. While watching the football game, they fo
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2022 4:23 pm
A bunch of friends ordered takeout from a local Chineserestaurant for dinner. While watching the football game, theyforgot to refrigerate the leftover rice. The next day Joe, one ofthe friends, decided to eat the leftover sticky rice for lunch.Just before eating lunch, Joe remembered to heat the food tokill any bad bugs. However, an hour after lunch, Joe startedthrowing up and complained of severe abdominal cramps. Culture ofthe leftover food showed Gram-positive motile spore-formingaerobic/facultative anaerobic rods. Which bacteria was most likelyresponsible for Joe’s clinical condition?
a.
Listeria monocytogenes
b.Bacillus cereus
Bacillus cereus
c.
Bacillus anthracis
d.
Escherichia coli
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a.
Listeria monocytogenes
b.Bacillus cereus
Bacillus cereus
c.
Bacillus anthracis
d.
Escherichia coli
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