Two Physicians Traveling in Central America Develop What They Self-Diagnose

Multiple Choice

Two physicians traveling in Central America develop what they self-diagnose as ET Escherichia coli. What is responsible for the fluid and electrolyte disruption?

A) Adherence causing palisade layers of the bacterium on the surface of the small intestine
B) Exotoxin that inhibits protein synthesis by nicking 60S ribosomal subunits
C) Entrance through intestinal M cells and migration through the tissue via actin polymerization/"jetting"
D) Exotoxin that inhibits protein synthesis by blocking elongation factor 2
E) Exotoxin that causes an increase in cyclic adenosine monophosphate
F) Exotoxin that inhibits protein synthesis by nicking 60S ribosomal subunits.