Five days ago a 65-year-old woman with a lower urinary tract infection began taking ampicillin. She now has a fever and severe diarrhea. Of the organisms listed, which one is MOST likely to be the cause of the diarrhea?

  •   Bacteroides fragilis
  •   Clostridium difficile
  •   Bordetella pertussis
  •  Proteus mirabilis