Question

Approximately 4 hours after eating a breakfast of scrambled egg, ham, custard-filled Danish roll, and orange juice, a husband and wife develop nausea and start vomiting. They rapidly develop severe abdominal pain and diarrhea. They go to the emergency room at the local hospital. Both are dehydrated but no evidence of fever, rash or other signs.

1. Will you recommend antibiotics.

2. if yes, which class of antibiotics you would prescribe. Explain your answer.

3. Which toxin is most likely responsible for this illness?

Answer 1

Question no 1)

No, antibiotic therapy should not be started but this can be managed by IV fluids , antidiarrheal and antiemetic .

Question no 2)

No it will not be prescribed, antibiotic are not effective in this case as the toxin by staphylococcus is not affected by antibiotic. The only need is antidiarrheal and antiemetic

Question no 3)

Staphylococcus. Enterotoxin might be the toxin responsible for the food poisoning in this patients . As of the situation given enterotoxin of staphylococcus is the toxin