A 9-year-old boy with a 2-day history of diarrhea presents to the emergency room with blood in his stools and increased stool volume. He has vomited once. The boy went to a cookout 5 days earlier and ate a hamburger that was still "pink" inside. On examination, he is well, apart from some dehydration. A culture of stool samples produces lactose-positive (pink) colonies on MacConkey agar, but non-fermenting colonies on MacConkey with sorbitol substituted for lactose.
Question is :What is most likely wrong with this child? What important facts led you to this diagnosis?
2.How is this organism usually spread? How could its spread be prevented?
3.What might happen to the patient?