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A 54-year-old diabetic patient complaints of an unresolved skin lesion on his foot. The lesion began several weeks ago as a blister and has since become a painful, erosive, expanding sore. On examination, the affected site is now 5 cm in diameter, with a black necrotic center and raised red edges. Which toxin has a mechanism of action most similar to the toxin responsible for tissue damage in this patient?

A
Anthrax toxin
B
Botulinum toxin
C
Cholera toxin
D
Diphtheria toxin

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