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Agricultural workers and field archaeologists are exposed to this organism which, despite entering via the respiratory tract, can cause meningitis.


A) Coccidioides immitis
B) Cryptococcus neoformans
C) Streptococcus pneumoniae
D) Neisseria meningitidis
E) Haemophilus influenzae

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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Production of a neurotoxin that binds to target sites on spinal cord neurons responsible for inhibiting skeletal muscle contraction is a characteristic of ______.


A) Clostridium botulinum
B) Clostridium perfringens
C) Clostridium difficile
D) Clostridium tetani

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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