Meningitis

pneumoniae is among the most significant causes of bacterial disease in humans and remains to be one of the top 10 causes of death in the U.S (Hoskins, 2001). This pathogenic bacteria causes a variety of clinical issues and is the leading cause of meningitis and bacterial pneumonia in the United States (Hoskins, 2001). This bacteria has also been found to be a major cause of ear/sinus infections, bloodstream infections and even sepsis. (Hoskins, 2001). Researchers…

virulence factor evades the host's immune response to vaccines, the bacteria are given the opportunity to go ahead and contaminate the human bloodstream (bacteremia) which leads to infections such as pneumonia and even other diseases as otitis media and meningitis as mentioned earlier.2 As a result of the virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumonia bacteria, treatment of the diseases caused by Streptococcus pneumonia becomes complicated and deteriorates the health of the already victimized…

Which is a disease that causes swelling in the brain. Her meningitis transformed into subritis. That caused 6 strokes that would have killed an 60 year old woman. I have had my mother now for 6 years now and she is all well. Besides the brain tumor she has now. Another influential moment in my life is when our house…

osteopathic one. Osteopathic medicine came to be from a philosophy from Andrew Still after family hardships. After he served in the Union army during the war as a hospital steward, later after the war his wife and two children would die of spinal meningitis. Soon on after that he came to the conclusion that the orthodox methods were ineffective and fatal. Then came osteopathy, in which he dedicated the next thirty years of his life to. Then in 1874 came the…

Adrian Thomas ”Young infant mortality comprises 40% of estimated 10.8 million child deaths worldwide annually.”(Newton) Adrian Thomas is a 29,now 33, year old African American father of 7 children accused with the murder of his 4-month old son, Matthew Dante Thomas. The doctors said that Matthew suffered from head trauma. Adrian Thomas was falsely accused with 2nd degree murder, because in a police video he confessed to throwing his son to the bed on 3 different occasions. (Heyl) The…

seen in the male’s penis, buttocks, thighs and females’ labia, fourchette, cervix, buttocks, thigh, nipples. -Myalgia -Arthralgia -Malaise -Fever, lymphadenopathy -Dysuria on both males and females -Dyspareunia -Headaches (can be a sign of Herpes Meningitis) If this is a recurrent genital lesions- it is less painful, no systemic symptoms , unilateral and will present with prodromal symptoms like itching, burning and/or tingling at site where lesions appear. Primary Infection: -Check temperature…

pathogen in human and It is commonly isolated from the hospital environment and hospitalized patients causing nosocomial infection [1]. This bacterium is responsible for causing several diseases in human such as pneumonia, urinary tract infection, Meningitis, wound infection, and blood infection [2]. Many classes of antibiotics such as Aminoglycosides, Carbapenems, Macrolides, and Penicillins are used to treat these infections. However, A. baumannii known as Multidrug resistant Actinobacter…

SUBJECTIVE CC: “I’ve had a headache for 3 weeks, and it’s still there.” HPI: 40 year old single college Professor with complaints of daily headache for 3 weeks. She describes the headache as dull to pounding at times, from 3 to 8 on scale of 1-10 (10 being worst pain). The pain has not gotten worse, but has not gotten better either. She has no previous medical history or history of headaches or migraine headaches. Her head hurts “in the back of head and goes to the top”, and is occasionally…

their patients. However, this test is highly criticised for relying too much on medical experts and personal opinions rather than the circumstances of the case. Also, since she has obtained medical evidence suggesting Shakir should have diagnosed meningitis which would have triggered further investigation at the hospital in Margate, she holds the advantage in establishing a breach. Shakir failed in his duty as a doctor by falling below the standard level of care of reasonably competent one.…

starts off with the minor plaintiff J.M.F visiting Dr. Duran for an assessment. Dr. Duran misdiagnosed the condition of J.M.F, causing him to have two meningitis attacks that were very life-threatening.…