An 11-year-old boy presents with a sore throat, fever, chills, and difficulty swallowing for the past 3 days. The patient’s mother says that last night he was short of breath and had a headache. Past medical history is unremarkable. The patient has not been vaccinated as his mother thinks it is "unnecessary". His temperature is 38.3°C (101.0°F), blood pressure is 120/70 mm Hg, pulse is 110/min, and respiratory rate is 18/min. On physical examination, the patient is ill-appearing and dehydrated. A grayish-white membrane and pharyngeal erythema are present in the oropharynx. Significant cervical lymphadenopathy is also present. A throat swab is taken and gram staining shows gram-positive club-shaped bacilli along with few neutrophils. Which of the following would most likely be the result of the bacterial culture of the throat swab in this patient?
Staphylococcus aureus
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Coagulase-negative staphylococci
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Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Group A streptococci
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Group B streptococci
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Viridans group streptococci
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Enterococci
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Bacillus species
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Listeria monocytogenes
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Corynebacterium species
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Clostridium species
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Actinomyces and Nocardia
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MRSA and VRE
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