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3years old female child was brought to the ER with complaints of pain in the left knee joint for 2 days.she was limping . on examination the joint was edematous ,erythematous and tender to touch. child was febrile and complained of chills. joint aspirate has shown leukocytosis , predominantly neutrophils. father tells that child's milestones were normal and the immunization complete.which is the most likely organism to have caused the child's illness?

a.staphylococcus aureus
b.Group A Streptococcus
c.Group B streptococcus
d.Haemophilus influenza
e.streptococcus pneumoniae
f.Group D Streptococci

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  #2

its A

  #3

it's

  #4

because of the immunisation status.we can rule out H.inf.
i think its S.Aureus

  #5

staph aureus is correct !

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