This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Systemic Bacteriology (Gram Positive Bacilli, Gram Negative Bacilli), Subject name: Microbiology
Which of the following disease presents with the characteristic Pea-soup stool? 
Select and explain. 
A. Cholera, B. Botulism, C. Typhoid, D. Polio
C: Typhoid
Answer: C: Typhoid 
Explanation: Typhoid presents with the characteristic Pea-soup stool. Cholera: Rice watery stool Food-borne botulism: Vomiting, nausea, dry mouth, constipation, abdominal pain, blurred vision with fixed dilated pupils are the initial signs. Fever, typically is absent. Pea - soup stool = lt is khaki - green, slimy stools typically occurs in a week of typhoid fever, when the patients are in toxic state and at greatest risk for the intestinal perforation and hemorrhage.