A patient has presented at the ED with copious diarrhea and accompanying signs of dehydration
During the patient's health history, the nurse learns that the patient recently ate oysters from the Gulf of Mexico. The nurse should recognize the need to have the patient's stool cultured for microorganisms associated with what disease?
A) Ebola
B) West Nile virus
C) Legionnaire's disease
D) Cholera
Ans: D
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In the U.S., cholera should be suspected in patients who have watery diarrhea after eating shellfish harvested from the Gulf of Mexico.
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