Question

A 32 year old woman is being admitted to the hospital with a flare up of Crohn's disease. She is taking medication that blocks IL-6 pathways. Only rooms with two beds are available. Which roommate is not suitable?

a - Patient with ulcerative colitis flare

b - Patient with hemi-paresis post-CVA

c - Patient with pancreatitis

d - Patient with COPD with bacterial pneumonia

Answer 1

Interleukin 6 (IL-6), promptly and transiently produced in response to infections and tissue injuries, contributes to host defense through the stimulation of acute phase responses, hematopoiesis, and immune reactions. Therefore patient with COPD with bacterial pneumonia is not suitable because when IL-6 pathway is inhibited due to medication leads to decrease in immunity which makes patient prone for respiratory infections which other patient in bed with pneumonia is suffering from.

Therefore option (d) is correct answer.