An oxidase negative, non-lactose fermenter isolated from the stool culture of a 3-year-old female with bloody diarrhea. The organism proves to be:

TSI: red/yellow PAD: no color change
Urea: no color change VP: no color change
Motility: clear, distinct stab line Indole: no color change
If it serotypes as a group D, you would identify the organism as
A) Salmonella typhi.
B) Shigella sonnei.
C) Shigella dysenteriae.
D) The serotype must be repeated after boiling the organism suspension.

B

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