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A 3 year old girl with a history of hydrocephalus is brought to the neurologist by her parents with a severe headache and fever. The girl underwent a revision of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt 1 month ago, and the neurologist suspects that an infection has occurred. Which of the following organisms would most likely be isolated from the shunt tubing?

ABacteroides fragilis
BCorynebacterium diphtheriae
CEscherichia coli
DStaphylococcus epidermidis
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