The nurse is caring for a client who is having approximately 20 foul-smelling stools each day.Laboratory Gram stain testing indicates the presence of white blood cells (WBCs)and red blood cells (RBCs)in the stool.Which organism does the nurse expect to see in the culture report?

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Campylobacter gastroenteritis causes foul-smelling diarrhea with up to 20 to 30 stools per day for 7 days.Both RBCs and WBCs are present in a Gram stain of the stools.Infection with Clostridium causes not diarrhea,but constipation,paralysis,and respiratory failure.H.pylori is a common cause of gastric ulcers,not gastroenteritis.Norwalk virus produces milder illness with diarrhea and vomiting.

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