A runner falls while jogging in the woods and opens a gash in her knee. When she gets home she finds she is bleeding from a jagged laceration, several millimeters deep, and about 2 cm long. There is dirt and blood in the wound. After rinsing out the laceration with warm, salty water, she should be most concerned that it might become infected with:
A) Clostridium tetani
B) Clostridium difficile
C) Escherichia coli 0157
D) Rickettsia prowaseki

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C. tetani, the causative agent of tetanus, is a spore-forming bacterium that can infect wounds and release a deadly neurotoxin.

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