{"id":28737,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/need-health-and-medical-help-with-infectious-disease-case-study"},"modified":"2017-08-12T07:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T07:22:05","slug":"need-health-and-medical-help-with-infectious-disease-case-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/need-health-and-medical-help-with-infectious-disease-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Need health and medical help with Infectious Disease Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

I need the 5 questions below answered about this case study. Thank you!<\/b><\/p>\n

Infectious Disease Case Study<\/b><\/p>\n

CC:  L.F. is a 20 year old male college student with a 2-week history of <\/p>\n

cough and increased sputum production who presents to your clinic with new chest <\/p>\n

pain when he coughs, shortness of breath, intermittent fever and chills and <\/p>\n

blood-tinged sputum.<\/p>\n

HPI: Cough treated with guiafenesin with dextromethorphan obtained form <\/p>\n

roommate <\/p>\n

Allergies:  sulfa (nausea)<\/p>\n

Physical examination:<\/p>\n

GEN:  DOE and pleuritic chest pain<\/p>\n

VS:  BP <\/p>\n

120\/75   HR 95   T  100.5   RR 35  WT 90kg   HT 6’4″<\/p>\n

CHEST:  LUL is CTA with <\/p>\n

significantly decreased breath sounds.  There are E-to-A changes in the LLL and <\/p>\n

across the middle of the right lung field.<\/p>\n

COR:  tachycardic, no <\/p>\n

MRG<\/p>\n

HENT:  WNL<\/p>\n

ABD:  WNL<\/p>\n

GU:  WNL<\/p>\n

NEURO:  WNL<\/p>\n

SKIN:  WNL<\/p>\n

Chest X-ray: Consolidation of the inferior segments of the LLL.  Remainder of <\/p>\n

the lungs are clear.  Heart size WNL.<\/p>\n

Sputum Gram Stain:  many WBC, few epithelial cells, moderate gram-positive <\/p>\n

cocci in chains and pairs<\/p>\n

Questions to Answer:<\/b><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Based upon what you learned in class and from your readings, what are the 2\n

    most likely pathogens that would cause pneumonia in this patient? <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Based upon your answer to the above question, and the gram stain, what is\n

    the most likely causative microorganism in this patient? <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. What would you prescribe for this patient to treat his infection, and what\n

    would you tell this patient about those medications (i.e. AE, monitoring of <\/p>\n

    condition\u2026)? <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. What other medications would you prescribe for this patient? <\/li>\n
  5. How would you follow-up with this patient (i.e. under what circumstances\n

    would you see him back)?<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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