Why can bone marrow transplants be used to replace defective lymphocytes Why can

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Why can bone marrow transplants be used to replace defective lymphocytes Why can bone marrow transplants be used to replace defective lymphocytes CLINICAL CASE STUDY: A Painful Rush. Please answer to your best all questions ate the end of this case I. A mother brings her 3 year old daughter to pediatrician describing that the girl has fever and chills for 3 days. The girl also has a large, intensely red patch with a distinct margin on her leg and a nearly swollen lymph node. When the nurse, and later the physician touches the area it is firm and warm, and the girl screams in pain. Based on these observations, doctor makes a presumptive diagnosis and begin treatment. 1. Is it necessary to confirm the diagnosis with lab test? Why or why not? 2. What was the diagnosis? Treatment? 3. How is this case different from impetigo? 4. What is the agent causing this girl's condition? 5. How may the girl have contracted the condition? 6. What component(s) of the agent stimufated the fever and the lesion? 7. Why is important for doctor to begin immediate treatment?

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Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside some of the bones in the body, including the hip and thigh bones

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1.bone marrow produces 200 billion new red blood cells every day, along with white blood cells

2.bone marrow contains mesenchymal and hematopoietic stem cells

3 .around 10,000 people in the US are diagnosed each year with deaseas that require bone marrow transplants

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