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An RN in a Pediatric Emergency Department Performs a Triage

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An RN in a pediatric emergency department performs a triage patient on a 13-month-old male. The patient's father states he had difficulty waking his son from a nap that afternoon. Additionally, the infant had difficulty crawling and had difficulty with feeding the following morning. The RN observes that the patient has a weak cry. Upon further assessment, the patient's father noted that the infant had ingested fresh honey on his toast at breakfast yesterday. The medical team suspects Clostridium botulinum infection due to the ingestion of bacterial endospores.
-Which of the following statements best explains how a bacteriophage can impair human health?  


A) Toxins or enzymes are produced by the infected bacterial pathogen that cause pathology in humans.
B) Invasion by the prophage causes cessation of protein synthesis in human cells.
C) Lysis of infected human cells results in the release of numerous phage particles.
D) The entry of the prophage mutates the genome of human cells.

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