Two days after eating a chicken salad sandwich, a 35-year-old man experiences cramping abdominal pain with fever and watery diarrhea. Physical examination shows mild diffuse abdominal pain on palpation, but there are no masses. Bowel sounds are present. A stool sample is negative for occult blood. He recovers completely within a few days without treatment. Which of the following infectious organisms is most likely to produce these findings?

(A) Yersinia enterocolitica

(B) Escherichia coli

(C) Entamoeba histolytica

(D) Salmonella enteritidis

(E) Rotavirus

(F) Staphylococcus aureus

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