A Cystic Fibrosis Patient Develops a Severe Respiratory Infection That

Multiple Choice

A cystic fibrosis patient develops a severe respiratory infection that resists treatment with standard antibiotics. A specimen from the lungs is greenish in color and contains aerobic motile Gram- negative bacilli. The patient is probably infected with

A) Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
B) Bordetella pertussis.
C) Serratia marcescens.
D) Burkholderia cepacia.
E) Klebsiella pneumoniae.