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A six-year-old boy with sickle cell anemia comes into the hospital complaining of knee pain. On exam, you find a tender, swollen knee joint without signs of draining from the skin. An X ray of the knee shows osteomyelitis. Abdominal films confirm that the patient does not have a spleen. What is the most likely causative organism?
A. Neisseria gonorrhea
B. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
C. Salmonella
D. Staphylococcus epidermidis
E. Tuberculosis
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| mistral92
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C.salmonella
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| anne
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