A patient is admitted to the hospital with a suspected case of botulism. The nurse recognizes that which situation likely caused this infection?
A) The patient ate food contaminated with the toxin.
B) The patient came in contact with someone who had botulism.
C) The patient was injected with the poison.
D) The patient had a dirty wound that became infected with the toxin.
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