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A febrile 12 y.o. child presents with severe right lower quadrant pain that s interpreted by the attending physician as acute appendicitis. The patient has also been complaining of joint pain. At laparatomy, the surgeon notes that the appendix is normal; however, the mesenteric lymph nodes are makedly enlarged and contain focal areas of microabscess formation on cut section. Which of the following is the most likely means by which this pathogen was acquired?
a) Arthropod vector
b) Contaminated ground beef
c) Contaminated milk or pork
d) Dog bite
e) Endogenous flora
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| pr20
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C.Contaminated milk or pork
Pseudo appendicitis---->Yersinia enterocolitica---->joint pain may be due to reactive arthritis.
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| angel23
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C.pseudoappendicitis
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| latlov
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Y.enterocolitica-from contaminated milk and pork.its presentation in older kids and young adult is psedoappendicitis.
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