apylococcus and a Simple Scratch An 18-year-old student in an auto motive techno

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apylococcus and a Simple Scratch An 18-year-old student in an auto motive technology class at the local high school complained of a pain in his hand. His mother was concerned because he was feverish and lethargic. He wanted to stay home from school. The young man reluctandy admitted to his mother that he had cut his hand during his automotive dass while working on a car engine. He had washed his hand with soap and water immediately at the faucet in the dassroom. He had al so covered the gash with a Band-Aid. Although his teacher had given him a pass to the school urse to a follow up, the student conveniently forgot when the bell rang and he had to get to his next class on time. When questioned by his mother, the young man admitted to having diamhea and vomiting the previous day. His mother immediately made an appointment with the doctor. The doctor noticed that the boy's arm was sensitive to touch. When it was examined the boy's hand had an open sore with pus. The area around the injury was edematous. The physician immediately noticed that he also had purplish, red streaks running up his arm from the site of the irjury. The doctor confirmed his suspicions when he al so observed enlarged lymph nodes under the arm with the open wound. The skin on the arm felt very warm and dry. curred? What errors in the initial treatment of the student's injury oc what would you do to avoid this type of infection and how could it be avoided? what are the likely infectious agents for this type of infection? m? what symptoms are indicative of an infection caused by this organis what tests should be done in the dinical laboratory at the hospital to determine the antibiotic to be used? what are treatments of this serious type of infection? · lfuntreated, what additional measures would need to be administered to prevent a widely disseminated infection? Using your lab manual, textbook and the Intemet, look up the following organisms. I would like you to summarize the dinically significant facts and information along with some interesting facts Characteristics: type or organism, Gram pos or neg, capsules formation, virulence genes, spore formation, biofilm former, toxins, etc Testing: how would this organism would be discovered and monitored Disease and conditions. microorganisms may cause different disease conditions based on where the infection occurs, this section can be quite lengthy. Treatment: which kind of medications and antibiotics would be used if necessary Other: any other facts and information which may not fits into the above categories such as vaccination, prevention and infection control Organism Characteristics: Testing Diseases & Conditions Treatment Other Homework 4 List of Organisms 1. Acanthamoeba keratitis 2. Ascaris lumbricoides Schistosoma species 4. Clonorchis sinensis 5. Demodicosis Demodex brevis 6. Diphllobohr ium latum 7. Elephantiasis - Lymphatic flariasi) Wuchereria bancTo 8. Enterob iis vermicularis 9. Hooworms Necator &Ancylostoma; 10. Lice (Head, bochy &pubic;) Pediculos is species 11. River blindnes.s Onc hocerca volulus 12· Scapes Sarcoptes scabiei 13. Strongvloidiasis Strongvioides species 14. Taenia soltum&saginata; 15. Trichmosis Tric hnella spectes 16. Whipworm Trichuris trichuuris

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The Boy washed his hands but he should have washed it as well with antiseptic solution or say ethanol for example to kill the microbes that might have been on the surface. He should have visited the doctor and taken an antibiotic. The antibiotic would have easily eliminated the infection as it was in its incubation. These are infections caused by agents present around and lack vaccination so the best strategy is to stay clear of them. Washing regularly, hands, wearing protective covering before dealing with possible infested objects (like auto parts) are best methods. Most likely this could have been a bacteria. In our case, the symptoms are aligned with that of Staphylococcus infection (Fever being the chief among them) - diarrhoea, pus etc

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