A person is brought to the emergency room with constant high fever, extensive edema, low blood pressure, and petechiae. From which of the following may the person be suffering?
A) septicemia
B) plague
C) Lyme disease
D) brucellosis
E) infectious mononucleosis
A
Bloom's Taxonomy: Application
Section: Bacterial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases
Learning Outcome: 21.6
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