Question

1. Jamie is a 48-year-old black woman who comes into the emergency department complaining of painful swelling, drainage, and redness over the past 5 days in the left hand. She spends a lot of time outdoors working in her garden and said she had a “pretty nasty” mosquito bite on the top of that hand before the swelling started. After 3 days of increased swelling and redness she went to her doctor and received an oral antibiotic and was told it was probably a mild infection from the insect bite. Now, she presents because her hand is increasingly painful, tight, and the drainage has worsened. She noticed that she had a fever this morning of 102.9°F. Laboratory test results today show a WBC count of 18,500 (well above normal). The wound is cultured and is found to be positive for Staphylococcus aureus, which is a bacteria commonly found on the skin as a communal organism. Answer the following questions:

2. What types of diagnostic tests would you do after treatment to ensure that the condition is resolved? What if it worsens? Explain.

Answer 1

Diagnosis test include:

• Collection of specimens
• Blood Test
• Tissue Culture
• Identification of the bacteria
• Confirmation of diagnosis
• Rapid diagnostic tests
• Identification of toxins
• Antimicrobial assay studies

What if condition worsen?

1.Skin infection that are left untreated may develop into more serious infection like

• bloodstream infections
• pneumonia
• bone and joint infections.

2.Some patient may develop repeated infection of s.aureus

3.More serious skin infections can take longer to heal if treatment is delayed or if ineffective treatment is given.

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