A patient becomes infected with oral candidiasis (thrush) while receiving intravenous antibiotics to treat a systemic infection. Which type of infection has the patient developed?
a. Endogenous nosocomial
b. Exogenous nosocomial
c. Latent
d. Primary
ANS: A
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