New research underscores the need for public health interventions to improve the microbial and fiber content of diets in the US.
|Poll|February 20, 2014
A Downside of Eating Out for this Middle-Aged Man
Author(s)Fouad Moawad, MD
Potential for infection is everywhere for patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.
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A 55-year-old man with alcoholic cirrhosis presents to the hospital with fever, chills, and malaise. He denies any ill contacts and was feeling well a few days ago. He reports eating at a seafood restaurant 2 days before his illness.
Which of the following organisms is the most likely cause of his symptoms?
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