A 26-year-old male with AIDS presents with painful bloody diarrhea. Stool culture on MacConkey agar medium and subsequent analyses reveals predominantly a gram -negative facultative anaerobic rod, which is oxidase negative, lactose negative, H2S negative and non-motile. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this infection?

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A 26-year-old male with AIDS presents with painful bloody diarrhea. Stool culture on MacConkey agar medium and subsequent analyses reveals predominantly a gram -negative facultative anaerobic rod, which is oxidase negative, lactose negative, H2S negative and non-motile. Which of the following is the most likely cause of this infection?