Question

D. Lyssavirus-RUS VIRUS A baby arrives at an emergency room suffering from violent muscles spasms and difficulty breathing. The baby's body is so rigid a proper exam is difficult, but the staff note the baby is only a few weeks old and the umbilicus has not healed properly. The signs are consistent with which of the following? a. infant botulism b. acute bacterial meningitis c. tetanus d. rabies e. listeriosis

Answer 1

Ans: option @ is correct. Explanation: All these symptoms like muscde weakness or spasms and difficulty in breathing is associated with infant botulism. . It occurs mainly in infants. option @ acute bacterial meningitis is curong as it occurs in infants also but less common than the botulism.

option © tetanus is wrong as its symptoms includes stiffness of jou stiffness of abdomen which are not observed in baby. option @ infants rabies is wrong as it is spread by the scratch of an animali option @ disteriosis is wrong as the rymptoms includes sepsis, dessemination with granuloma . formation which is not seen an baby given above.