Case Study #7 - A stressed out 55 year old woman notices blood in her stool and experiences intense stomach pain after eating. Urease breath test is positive. What is the pathogen (give the scientific name)? Helicobacteria pylori Campylobacter jejuni Clostridium difficile Shigella dysenteriae
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