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For this case study, it was important to note that the patient had been experiencing these reactions after receiving a bug bite. The fact that she was located in El Salvador is also useful information. It was interesting to find out that although her symptoms were somewhat mild, others could experience far worse symptoms such as enlarged liver, spleen, and heart. These bits of information, along with the fact that she experienced fever, red skin rash, and extreme swelling around her eye, led me…

Sarcoidosis was first mentioned by J. Hurtchinson in early 1869, and was thought to be a dermatological condition based on a patient he had seen. During that summer, he visted Christiania (now Oslo, Norway), and viewed a compilation of pathological drawings, including one of a healthy, Swedish sailor, a patient of C.W. Boeck. The sailor had skin lesions comparable to those of Hutchinson's original patient. However, unlike Hutchinson's original patient, this one did not suffer from gout. In…

Velocity of Bacteria and Cells Determine the Need of Antibiotics The first goal was to examine the motion of E. coli bacteria. Excel was used to analyze and record the position, velocity and acceleration of the bacteria. The second goal was to analyze and compare the cell motion of wound healing, neutrophils and E.coli bacteria using ImageJ to determine if a patient needs to take antibiotics to cure his injury based on the velocity of E. coli, neutrophils, and wound healing. Experimental…

The Athlete’s Foot: Let’s talk about it The medical term is tinea pedis or Athlete’s foot. It’s well-known fungal foot conditions and one of the most common. With its tendency to affect athletes who usually wear hot, sweaty shoes that can be the breeding ground for fungus that are the main cause of the condition, tinea pedis coined the athlete’s foot. This condition can affect anyone so it's not limited to athletes only. Symptoms of Athlete’s Foot – Tinea Pedis Including itchy or burning rash,…

The disease myiasis occurs mainly in rural regions, and there is a direct relationship between the poor health, low education, and age with myiasis (). It is more common in patients with disorderly behaviors, mental health problems, diabetics, those with immunodeficiency and in patients with low level of the economy (). Exposures to purulent lesions attract and stimulate flies to lay eggs or larvae on lesion. Furthermore, population habits, such as sitting or lying on the ground with the naked…

Itch mites are also referred to as scabies mites and they are the cause of scabies. These microscopic creatures are quite irritating and can cause major itching along with a rash. A doctor will probably have to diagnose you if you do have itch mites. Itch mites are contagious and are most commonly found on people who have close contact with each other. Children are particularly prone to them, since they tend to be in closer contact with other people. Once itch mites get into your home, it can…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL CLARIFICATION • Systemic illness due to microbial infection that can lead to acute organ dysfunction or failure and associated with host immune response to infection CLASSIFICATION • There is a disease continuum with increasing severity if not treated or not responsive to treatment o Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) - Documented or suspected infection with systemic manifestations of infection - Clinical response to a nonspecific insult of either infectious or…

Microbiology Case Study: Toxic Shock Syndrome I. Background AH, a 12-year-old Caucasian female, escorted by her 32-year-old mother to the local hospital’s emergency department early one morning. AH’s mother noted that within the past 3 hours AH has shown a variety of symptoms. These symptoms include: fever of 102ᵒ Fahrenheit, chills, aggressive vomiting, diarrhea, and an intense red rash of the palms and soles of her feet. AH also added that she has a sore throat, headache, muscle aches, and…

The cornea is a transparent avascular tissue covering the front of the eye. Keratitis 65 simply means inflammation of the cornea of any cause, infection and otherwise. 66 Infectious keratitis is the most frequent cause of keratitis where bacterial infection 67 account for approximately ninety percent of microbial keratitis [1,2]. Predisposing 68 factors can be divided to four categories: extrinsic factors such as physical or chemical 69 trauma, ocular surface disease as tear-film deficiencies,…

Nosocomial infection prevention is a priority concern for all healthcare workers. A common nosocomial infection within hospital critical care units is ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Prevention of VAP is crucial since it is believed to increase mortality and length of hospitalization. As with all infections, prevention, early detection, and treatment is required to reduce mortality and decrease costs associated with VAP. Prevention of VAP through research of pathophysiology,…