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3-year-old girl with a history of hydrocephalus, c/o severe headache and fever. The girl underwent a revision of a ventricular-peritoneal shunt 1 month ago, and the neurologist suspects an infection . Which of the following organisms would most likely be isolated from the shunt tubing?

A
Bacteroides fragilis
B
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
C
Escherichia coli
D
Staphylococcus epidermidis

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