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A person who has a normal healthy immune system acquires a new strain of E. coli that now lives in his gastrointestinal tract. This individual is not ill. A second person with an acute leukemia and no white blood cells acquires the same organism, develops diarrhea followed by hypotension, bacteremia, sepsis, and death. This organism is:
A. Normal flora for both individuals
B. A pathogen for both individuals
C. An opportunistic pathogen for both individuals
D. One with a low degree of virulence

  #2

A....

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"Support bacteria, its the only culture some people got."

  #3

its D

  #4

Yes the ans. is
D. One with a low degree of virulence







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