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