04-03-2007, 12:07 PM
Three visitors attending a convention feasted at a seafood bar on the docks near New Orleans. They particularly enjoyed raw shellfish. The next day they all experienced explosive watery diarrhea, headache, severe cramps, and vomiting. The causative agent was a halophilic, gram-negative, curved rod, that was positive in the Kanagawa test for hemolysis production. The causative agent:
A)Campylobacter fetus
B)Helicobacter pylori
C)Vibrio cholerae
D)Vibrio parahaemolyticus
E)Yersinia enterocolitica
A)Campylobacter fetus
B)Helicobacter pylori
C)Vibrio cholerae
D)Vibrio parahaemolyticus
E)Yersinia enterocolitica