Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
Mr. Olson arrived in the emergency department with his 10-month-old son. Mr. Olson states he had difficulty waking his son from a nap this afternoon. Additionally, the infant was unable to hold his spoon at dinner and did not seem to be chewing correctly. You observe that the patient has a very weak cry. Mr. Olson noted that the only difference in his son’s diet was the ingestion of fresh honey on his toast at breakfast yesterday. You suspect Clostridium botulinum infection due to the ingestion of bacterial endospores.
-Even though it is a bacterium,Clostridium botulinum can be made more pathogenic once infected with a(n)

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Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format.
  Mr. Olson arrived in the emergency department with his 10-month-old son. Mr. Olson states he had difficulty waking his son from a nap this afternoon. Additionally, the infant was unable to hold his spoon at dinner and did not seem to be chewing correctly. You observe that the patient has a very weak cry. Mr. Olson noted that the only difference in his son’s diet was the ingestion of fresh honey on his toast at breakfast yesterday. You suspect Clostridium botulinum infection due to the ingestion of bacterial endospores. 
-Even though it is a bacterium,Clostridium botulinum can be made more pathogenic once infected with a(n)

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Clostridium botulinum can become more pathogenic once infected with a temperate phage. The phage carries genes that code for the botulinum toxin, increasing the production of the toxin and making the infection more severe. The other choices (oncogene, plaque, and retrovirus) are not known to have a significant impact on the pathogenicity of Clostridium botulinum.

Please Read the Clinical Scenario, and Then Answer the Question