A 55-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus comes to the physician with a 2-day history of oozing, foul-smelling wound on her foot. Physicalexamination shows a 4-cm, necrotizing wound on the heel with purplish black discoloration of the skin around the wound, and crepitant bullae producingthin, serous fluid. A Gram stain of tissue biopsy from the site shows gram-positive rods. Which of the following toxins is produced by the most likelycausal organism?Answers A-EAlpha toxinB EndotoxinC Exfoliative toxinD Exotoxin AE Panton Valentine toxin45 QUESTIONS VERSION 2M64MacBook ProNotesPreviousCommentsNext

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