A 30 year old woman with a bad obstetric history presents with fever. The blood culture from the patient grows gram--positive small to medium coccobacilli that are pleomorphic, occurring in sho chains. Direct wet mount from the culture shows tumbling motility. The most likely organism is:

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Listera monocytogenes

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Corynebacterium sp.

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Enterococcus sp.

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Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

A 30 year old woman with a bad obstetric history presents with fever. The blood culture from the patient grows gram--positive small to medium coccobacilli that are pleomorphic, occurring in sho chains. Direct wet mount from the culture shows tumbling motility. The most likely organism is:

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