A bronchoscopy was performed on a patient who later developed a nosocomial infection as a result of the procedure.The organism recovered from his lung was a nonlactose fermenter that oxidized glucose and maltose, was lysine decarboxylase-positive, and was motile.The organism is most likely which one of the following?
A) Bordetella parapertussis
B) Saccharolytic Acinetobacter
C) Pseudomonas luteola
D) Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
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