syndrome (SARS), which an increase in outbreaks was noted in early 2003 (Simmerman, 2012). Emerging infections are caused by pathogens that are present in the environment and when these opportunistic pathogens are given the right conditions, they are able infect new host populations. Another major factor is infections that are antimicrobial drug resistant. In order to meet the challenge of these infections healthcare providers need to contribute more to monitoring, research and training. A sustainable
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Pathophysiology of cellulitis in adults. Cellulitis, a bacterial infection of the skin and underlying tissue, is a common presentation to Emergency Departments (ED). The clinical spectrum of presentation can vary from local inflammation to diffuse inflammation involving a whole limb, to more severe, even life threatening presentations of necrotizing fascitis and associated sepsis. The rationale for choosing this condition is to enable me to efficiently differentiate between those cases that
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The disease I have chosen to research is Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. I am interested in the disease because not a lot of people know about this disease. It’s a very rare disease. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency has an acronym. It is SCID. Some of the questions I have about the disease are: Is this disease treatable? If you can help it from happening or cause it from happening?, How common is it? Find out what it does to your body? What are the symptoms? Hopefully the information I obtain
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Communicable Disease Paper Maria G. Sanchez HCS/457 June 29, 2015 Charlotte A. Ferrell Communicable Disease Paper One of the many highly communicable diseases is chickenpox. This communicable disease is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) which has a resemblance with the herpes virus. It can be transmitted in two ways, one through direct contact with the fluids from the blisters, mucus, or saliva and second through air where the virus is disseminated by coughing or sneezing. A person who has
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According to the CDC, arthritis affects over 52 million American adults, with an estimated 67 million projected to have activity limitations by the year 2030 (CDC, 2015, para. 2). Arthritis the inflammation of one or more joints, resulting in symptoms that include stiffness and joint pain that often worsen with age. “Arthritis” is the general time for a musculoskeletal ailment, but there exist several types of arthritic conditions. Of these, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune form of
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the causative organism look like when gram stained? 2. What is the most likely reservoir for the causative organism in this case? 3. Why draw blood twice? 4. Why not culture the wound to look for the bacterium? 5. What are four other common infections that humans acquire from animals? 1. Based on the limited information the physician’s diagnosis is Tularemia. Humans can acquire this illness through getting a bite from an infected (blood-sucking)tick, horsefly, or mosquito, inhaling
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October 10, 2012 Everyone knows that humans get sick. Similarly most, if not everyone, knows that being sick is the result of a bacterial or viral infection. What some many not know, is that there has been some remarkable advancement in the fight against bacterial infection. In most cases, a bacterial infection is treated with antibiotics specifically designed to combat and kill the bacteria. The problem with this comes when the bacteria evolves, and chances. Over time, the antibiotics
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What is your chosen disease and its mode of transmission? The disease chosen is tularemia also known as rabbit fever. Tularemia is a bacterial infection that can enter the body by mouth, broken skin, lungs, and eyes. This disease is carried by infected deer flies and ticks. Tularemia is transmitted by mouth when contaminated water or food is ingested. Handling infected animal tissue transmit it to the skin and when body fluids of the animal is exposed to the eyes. Inhaling dust or aerosols contaminated
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infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? Hepatitis A is an acute infectious disease that occurs within the liver. The time of infection and expediting symptoms can take anywhere from two to six weeks. When there are symptoms around 10-15% of people experience a recurrence of symptoms during the six months after the initial infection. Acute liver failure occurs mainly in people who are old. Hepatitis A is caused by a virus. * How is this infectious agent transmitted through
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Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) is a RNA virus, from the family Picornaviridae, responsible for respiratory infections. Because it is an Entero Virus and has different strains, slight changes can happen which make it difficult for the immune system to develop protection against the new forms of the virus. The first case reported in the United States was in California in 1962 and since then, infections caused by the EV-D68 were not very common until last year, when an outbreak happened. From August 2014
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