MICR 290 - A 45-year-old man stepped on a small piece of broken glass
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Updated on: 06/04/2018 10:17 AM Due on: 06/04/2018
A 45-year-old man stepped on a small piece of broken glass while he was walking bare foot on his driveway. He washed his foot with soap and water and put some antibacterial lotion and a band aid on it. After about a week, he started feeling numbness and rigidity affecting his injured leg. The rigidity of his leg got worse in the next few days. He went to a local emergency room and he was questioned about the date of his last tetanus shot. He indicated that he was not aware of it. He was immediately treated for Tetanus.
- What the genus and species name and general characteristics of the organism that caused his disease
- How did the organism infect him? Why didn't the antibacterial lotion that he applied to his wound did not prevent the infection by this organism?
- What's the pathogenesis (mechanism of disease production) of this organism
- How is this disease treated?
- How is this disease best prevented?
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Solution: MICR 290 - A 45-year-old man stepped on a small piece of broken glass