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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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A 42-year-old woman comes to the physician because of episodic abdominal pain and fullness for 1 month. She works as an assistant at an animal shelter and helps to feed and bathe the animals. Physical examination shows hepatomegaly. Abdominal ultrasound shows a 4-cm calcified cyst with several daughter cysts in the liver. She undergoes CT-guided percutaneous aspiration under general anesthesia. Several minutes into the procedure, one liver cyst spills, and the patient's oxygen saturation decreases from 95% to 64%. Her pulse is 136/min, and blood pressure is 86/58 mm Hg. Which of the following is the most likely causal organism of this patient's condition?
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Echinococcus granulosus