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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™s stain reveals many polymorphonuclear leukocytes and small gram-negative coccobacilli with bipolar staining.

The responsible organism is most likely



Candida albicans
Pasteurella multocida
Yersinia pestis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Staphylococcus aureus

Has to be B. Pasteurella

Pasturella multocida

I agree B.