icecool
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A 19-y college student presents to the university student health center complaining of severe coughing spells for the last 4 days, following initial symptoms of coryza and malaise. She is afebrile. her medical history is uneventful, and immunization are up to date. She is a member of the basketball team. During weekends, she babysits a 10-m and a 2-y. In terms of management of contacts, which etiological agent is the most important to include in the differential diagnosis?
a) Strep pneumoniae
b) mycoplasma pneumoniae
c) bordetella pertussis
d) influenza virus
e) Legionella pneumophila
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| mash
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bordetella pertussis
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| dev
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bordetela pertussis
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| icecool
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yea, you both are rt.
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