One of the Foremen at a Pig Farm Notices Purple

One of the foremen at a pig farm notices purple sores on one of his workers.The worker has not been feeling well for the past 2 weeks, so the foreman sends him to the doctor.The doctor takes scrapings from the sores and sends them to the laboratory for a culture and sensitivity.The Gram stain shows 3+ thin, gram-positive rods that have filaments.The culture plates were examined the next day and revealed nonhemolytic, pinpoint, transparent colonies.What is the most likely pathogen?

A) Streptococcus pneumoniae
B) Streptococcus pyogenes
C) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
D) Rhodococcus