The nurse is reading the client's medical history and learns that the client has a history of infections with Mycobacterium scrofulaceum. Based on this finding, the nurse would expect the client to be from which age group?
1. 60–75 years
2. 40–50 years
3. 12–18 years
4. 1–3 years
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Mycobacterium scrofulaceum is not common in older adults.
Rationale 2: Mycobacterium scrofulaceum is not common in the middle-age adult years.
Rationale 3: Mycobacterium scrofulaceum is not common in the adolescent years.
Rationale 4: Mycobacterium scrofulaceum usually affects children.
Global Rationale: Mycobacterium scrofulaceum usually affects children 1 to 3 years of age. Other age groups are not commonly affected.
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