Reference no: EM131550408

Question: The most likely organism to be causing septicemia depends, among other things, on the patients' personal risk factors (e.g., their underlying disease), or lab data (e.g. their leukocyte count), "community risk factors" (such as what particular organisms inhabit the unit on which they happen to be in the hospital); and the physical examination. In a bone marrow transplant patient with a fever of 104 F, who has a white blood cell count of 345/mm3, there are scattered skin lesions comprised of a central blue area with an areola of redness (inflammation). You vaguely remember seeing such a lesion before in a lecture. "Ecthyma something or the other" is the best you can do..."Oh yes, with the blue, gangrene-like center, ecthyma gangrenosum, that's it" is your mental conversation. In this patient the most likely organism is:

A. Reimerbacterium deaniium

B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

C. Flavobacterium aniseum

D. Godzillobacterium resistium