After researching the symptoms, I believe this patient has Scarlet fever. The main symptoms that brought me to this conclusion is that the patient has a fever, and extensive skin rash, peeling of the fingertips, bright red lingual papillae with white coat and pharyngitis with tonsillitis. She also had a positive “strep” test (ASO). Scarlet fever is a bacterial infection caused by group A streptococcus which is also known as group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS) that comes from bacterial…
Orbital Cellulitis Orbital cellulitis is an infection in the eye socket (orbit) and the tissues that surround the eye. The infection can spread to the eyelids, eyebrow area, and cheek. It can also cause a pocket of pus to develop around the eye (orbital abscess). In severe cases, the infection can spread to the brain. Orbital cellulitis is a medical emergency. CAUSES The most common cause of this condition is a bacterial infection. The infection usually spreads to the eye socket from…
1. Introduction Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) has infected humans for more than 58000 years (1).yet it largely escaped notice until it was cultured by Marshall and Warren(2).research on Helicobacter Pylori changed paradigms regarding disease causation. Physicians previously attributed ulcers to stress or anxiety and did not believe that bacteria could cause cancer (3). .After 1983, when it was discovered that the stomach could be colonized by bacteria (4). increasing evidence has shown that…
Various individuals cannot fathom growing up without the technological advances we have today. The creation of the internet and social media has made the ability to exchange and share information at a rapid rate the norm today. No longer is the bevy of news ingested after dinner with the local and national news broadcasts or with the morning coffee through the local newspaper. The internet provides a pathway for access of information provided by mass media outlets such as CNN and peer-to-peer…
Antibiotic resistance is now a worldwide public health problem. Almost all bacteria have developed some form of resistance, making antibiotics less effective at treating serious infections. Someone with an infection that is resistant to a certain medicine can pass that resistant infection to other people, including…
Clostridium Difficile Tiffany Hoang Health Science Technology 03/03/2016 Clostridium Difficile Clostridium difficile also known as C. diff is a disease caused by a germ which in the United States infected half a million people in 2011, and twenty nine thousand people that died within thirty days. Patients with this disease have symptoms such as watery diarrhea, fever, loss of appetite, nausea, and abdominal pain. Usually, people who are at increased risk for C. diff had gastrointestinal…
Article Review Clostridium difficile is a bacterial organism that can be found in a small percentage of individuals alongside the natural flora of the digestive system; it produces spores, which can live for long periods of time outside of the body and due to their nature are excreted within fecal matter (Kenneley, 2013, pp. 63). According to Irena Kenneley in the article "Clostridium difficile infection is on the rise", C. difficile is increasing in frequency among individual populations…
A urinary tract infection is when one or more parts of the urinary system, for example the kidneys, ureters, bladder, or urethra, becomes infected with a pathogen. The most common infections are the kidney and bladder. The body symptoms affected in this case are; the urinary system. Symptoms of a bladder infection, ( which is in the urinary system) include urinary frequency, urgency, painful urination, pain above the pubic region, WBC’s, and bacteria in urine. Symptoms of a kidney infection,…
Cystic fibrosis is a severe, but rare genetic condition. It usually surfaces at a young age and affects lungs and the digestive system in which mucus builds up. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation reported roughly 70,000 cases worldwide. Patients with this condition are predisposed to infections by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This bacteria causes infections in the lungs as it favors conditions with large amounts of mucus, typical for cystic fibrosis patients. The bacteria adapts and grows in this unique…
would eventually save countless numbers of lives (“Discovery” par. 4). Since then, many new antibiotics have been introduced in the market; however, they are misused frequently, thus creating a shortage of effective antibiotics as bacteria develop resistance to overused antibiotics. Many people believe antibiotics…