Gastrointestinal Pathology, Set 5

For each of the following clinical histories, match the most closely associated gastrointestinal infection:

1. A 45-year-old man has peptic ulcer disease. He has been diagnosed with multiple duodenal ulcers by endoscopy. These are now healing with medical therapy with omeprazole therapy:

2. A 62-year-old woman has been on prolonged, broad spectrum antibiotic therapy for treatment of chronic osteomyelitis that developed following a compound fracture of the femur sustained in an auto accident. She now has a severe diarrhea:

3. An entire family develops abdominal cramping pain with fever and diarrhea a couple of days following a big family dinner with relatives. A very large turkey with all the trimmings was served:

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A. Clostridium difficile B. Cryptosporidium parvum C. Cytomegalovirus D. Entameba histolytica
E. Giardia lamblia F. Helicobacter pylori G. Herpes simplex virus H. Rotavirus
I. Salmonella enteritidis J. Shigella flexneri K. Staphylococcus aureus L. Vibrio cholerae