Chapter 18  - A young boy was at the playground when he felt a sharp

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Chapter 18 

1.A young boy was at the playground when he felt a sharp pain on his leg. Upon inspection, his mother realized he had been stung by a bee. They went home and she carefully removed the stinger and washed the site well. Within a week, the site became swollen and painful; a red line appeared at the site, trailing up his leg.

a.Explain what condition the young boy appears to be suffering from and the most likely causative agent involved.

b.Discuss how the microbe may have gained access to the portal of entry.

2.A farmer working on a piece of machinery gets his shirtsleeve caught in a moving piece of the equipment. His shirt is sliced, and a sharp blade covered in mud slices through his upper arm. He attempts to control the bleeding and immediately seeks medical attention. After 3 days, he develops a fever and his arm becomes extremely swollen and painful. Pulling back the bandages, he finds that the wound has become blackened and is leaking a bloody fluid. Microscopic analysis of the fluid reveals the presence of gram-positive bacilli.

a.Discuss what condition the patient is suffering from and the likely causative agent of this infection.

b.Explain how the patient contracted this pathogenic microbe and what virulence factors contributed to the pathogenesis seen at the wound site.

c.In addition to antibiotics, the physician prescribes hyperbaric therapy. Describe what this treatment involves and how it could be therapeutic to this patient.

3.   a.Conduct additional research, and discuss whether “pox parties” represent a safe method of developing immunity to varicella zoster virus.

b.Provide evidence in support of or refuting the following statement: Shingles develops when you are reinfected with varicella zoster virus later on in life.

4.Smallpox has a rich history—from prompting the first vaccine to potential use as a bioterrorism agent. Given what you know about the etiology of the disease and the current state of the world’s immunity to smallpox, discuss how effective (or ineffective) a smallpox biological weapon could be against a human population.

5.Your coworker says that her spouse is in the hospital for elective surgery and his recovery is complicated by two infections: He has chicken pox all over the upper half of his body, and shingles on his legs. What questions will you ask for clarification?