While Playing in the Forest, a 13-Year-Old Boy Was Bitten

Multiple Choice

While playing in the forest, a 13-year-old boy was bitten in the lower left leg by a raccoon. What finding would suggest a serious neurologic disease could result from the bite?

A) Cowdry type A inclusion bodies in skin scrapings
B) Molluscum bodies on epithelial cells shed from raccoon's saliva
C) Negri bodies in skin scrapings
D) Presence of Downey cells in the boy's blood 2 weeks following the bite