BIOS 242 Week 6 Assignment: Respiratory Case Study; Respiratory System Infection in Elementary School Kids
(BIOS 242 Week 6 Assignment)
John- a ten-year-old comes home just before thanksgiving break from school feeling tired and complaining of his throat hurting. There have been several cases of respiratory infection going around his elementary school and his mom suspects John may have gotten one too. At night John’s condition
worsens- he has fever of about 101◦F and complains of his throat hurting upon swallowing. With holiday travel plans, John’s mom decides to take him to ER next morning. By this time, he is complaining of headache and is not able to eat any solid foods.
Upon arrival at the healthcare facility, the nurse records John’s vital signs and asks his mom to describe his health history. By this time John’s face is red and he describes his throat pain on a scale of 1-10 as an
- The nurse first examines his oral cavity and the lymph nodes around the The nodes are swollen and painful during examination. https://www.jeffreysterlingmd.com/2014/05/02/straight-no-chaser-heres-when-your-sore-throat-needs-antibiotics/
- Do you expect this patient to have swollen lymph nodes? (1 point)
- What types of adaptive immune cells would … in lymph nodes? Select all that apply (1 point)
- Do you think his throat is inflamed? (1 point)
- Is the result positive or negative? (1 point)
- What is the scientific name of the bacteria … from the Rapid Strep Test (RST)? (2 point)
- Is the result (1 point)
- During the Gram stain, the cells were … as spherical. Are these cells (2 point)
- What class of antibiotics would … best to prescribe (2 points)
- If the two-day test comes back negative, would you prescribe antibiotics at that time? (1 point)
- Upon performing the catalase test, there were no Can you use this test to distinguish between Staphylococcus and Streptococcus? (1 point)
- Can this information … to distinguish between pathogenic pyogenes and S. pneumoniae? (1 points)
- What is the diagnosis? (4 points)