A 1-year-old female was hospitalized with fever, lethargy, and rash. Gram-negative, oxidase-positive cocci were cultured from her cerebrospinal fluid. Her symptoms were caused by ________.
1) A prion.
2) Clostridium tetani.
3) Mycobacterium leprae.
4) Neisseria meningitidis.
5) Rabies.
