A one- year- old boy was listless, irritable, and sleepy. Capsulated Gram- negative rods were cultured from his cerebrospinal fluid. His symptoms were caused by
A) Clostridium tetani.
B) Neisseria meningitidis.
C) a prion.
D) rabies.
E) Haemophilus influenzae.

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The symptoms and presence of Gram-negative rods in the cerebrospinal fluid suggest meningitis caused by Haemophilus influenzae, a common cause of bacterial meningitis in infants and children.

A One- Year- Old Boy Was Listless, Irritable, and Sleepy