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A 70-year-old patient with long-standing type 2 diabetes mellitus presents with complaints of pain in the left, ear with purulent drainage. On physical examination, the patient is afebrile. The pinna of the left ear is tender, and the external auditory canal is swollen and edematous. The white blood cell count is normal. Which of the following organisms is most likely to grow from the purulent drainage?

A
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
B
Streptococcus pneumoniae
C
Candida albicans
D
Haemophilus influenzae

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