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Case Study 3: A 3-year old girl presents at the emergency room with bloody diarrhea, fever and vomiting. The child’s mother reports that the day-care center called yesterday morning because she started having a watery diffuse diarrhea.  That night she began to complain of severe cramps and her diarrhea became bloody and pus-filled.  The family has no recent travel history and while they are vegetarians, they only consume pasteurized milk, cheese, and egg products.  The gram stain showed many white blood cells and many gram-negative bacilli.  The culture resulted in many colorless colonies on the MacConkey’s agar that were oxidase negative and fermented glucose. She was admitted to the hospital to treat her dehydration and for observation.  Case Study 3 Question 1: What was the most likely etiologic agent of infection in this patient? 

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