This Study Correlating Fever with Growth of the Bacteria Causing

This study correlating fever with growth of the bacteria causing pneumococcal meningitis in rabbits demonstrated that _____________________.

A) as body temperature increases so does the bacterial growth rate
B) there is an inverse relationship between body temperature and bacterial growth rate
C) harmful fever levels correlate with enhanced bacterial growth
D) there is a logarithmic decline in bacterial growth with every 2^o F increase in fever