Imagine a person ingests some food that causes them to become ill and have symptoms such as a diarrhea and fever.What kind of pathogenic bacterial poison could the person have been exposed to?
A)bacteria that produced exotoxins in the person's system
B)bacteria that died,and endotoxins were then released
C)both exotoxins or endotoxins are possible sources of the illness

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Both exotoxins and endotoxins can cause symptoms such as diarrhea and fever when ingested. Exotoxins are toxic substances secreted by bacteria into their environment, while endotoxins are part of the outer membrane of the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria, released when the bacteria die. Both can lead to illness if ingested.

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