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Six patients present with fever and extremely low blood pressure following usage of a specific brand of super-absorbent tampon

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Six patients present with fever

and extremely low blood pressure following usage of a specific brand of super-absorbent tampon. What is the likely cause of these symptoms?
A. Tetanus toxin B. Diphtheria C. Labile toxin D. Cholera toxin E. Super antigen


What adaptation does Listeria and Salmonella use to avoid the host immune response?
A. degrades antibodies B. phospholipase C. streptolysin D. streptokinase E. superantigen


Hyaluronidase and deoxyribonuclease directly benefit streptococcus in what way?



Coleslaw was determined to be the source of a Salmonella outbreak. Therefore, in this instance, coleslaw is classified as a
contact
vehicle
vector
fomite