A 10 year old boy is admitted to the hospital with a 3 day history of fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. He and his family have just returned from a week long camping expedition in the mountains that included trips to the seashore. A stool culture is reported with many lactose negative colonies. Which of the following is the most probable causing organism?
A) Providencia alcalifaciens
B) Rotavirus
C) Yersinia enterocolitica
D) E. coli

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