Marvel Case Studies
Case studies Spring 2011 (60 points)
Each illness is caused by a bacterium (NOT viral)
Choose one of the three cases and complete the assignment by following the guidelines.
Write a typed, well constructed (complete sentences, proper grammar) report of not more than three double spaced pages (4 points).
Devote at least one paragraph to answering each of the 6 questions. (8 points each)
Include a reference section with at least 4 citations including at least one published reference. Use resources such as microbiology text books, encyclopedias, HCC Library databases (e.g. Pro Quest Biology, Pro Quest Nursing) journals and online medical sites to research these questions. Indicate the source of information you found in ACS or MLA format. Do not forget to include in-text citations every time you borrow someone’s idea, even if you paraphrased it. Be sure to include the publication date. Comment on the reliability of the source (why you think this source is reliable) under each reference. (8 points) …show more content…
All references must be cited, and direct quotes from the references must be indicated as such, using quotation marks.
However, in science writing, direct quotes are seldom used. Instead, paraphrase the information in the reference, and supply the citation. In the case of plagiarism, all students involved will receive a “0” on this assignment. Thereafter, plagiarism will be handled according to the College’s Academic Honesty Policy, with possible failure of the course and suspension from the College.
Please submit your case studies through the SafeAssign on the CE6 and bring a hard copy to
class. What microorganism causes this disease? What is your diagnosis?
3. How is this disease transmitted?
4. How is the disease treated?
5. What symptoms might the patient develop if the disease is not treated?
6. What is the prognosis with treatment?
1. Sarah, an 11 year old, had to stay home from school on Tuesday morning because of a sore throat. Sarah spiked a high fever that day. Wednesday Sarah was feeling worse, still feverish, her tongue was swollen and had turned bright red, yellow patches appeared on her inflamed throat, and a sandpaper like rash had developed over much of her body. Bacteria cultured from throat swabs showed β hemolysis on blood agar and were Gram positive cocci in chains.
2. Luis loved camping and enjoyed many week ends tramping through the woods. About a week and a half after his last trek, Luis noticed a weird circular rash on the calf of his right leg; it started as a red spot the size of a quarter, but over the next 4 days it expanded an changed appearance; it had a reddened center, then a ring of normal color and then a reddened outer ring. The rash didn’t hurt, but he realized that he had a head ache and an elevated temperature, and his knees hurt. Luis’s doctor tested a sample of Luis’s blood for the presence of specific antibodies. No bacteria were observed in the sample.
3. In 2007 Carl was serving as a medic in the Kirkuk Provence of Iraq and as part of his duties he ran a clinic for the nearby towns. The war had caused severe damage to the area’s municipal water supply and sanitation facilities. Late summer of that year, a young man came to the clinic, very dehydrated with uncontrollable diarrhea producing almost a liter of ‘rice water’ stool per hour. Within the next week, 13 more people showed up at the clinic with the same symptoms. Although the patients were members of 5 different families, they all lived in the same part of the village, and all got their water from the same hand-dug well. Stool cultures showed curved, Gram negative rods.
Each illness is caused by a bacterium (NOT viral)
Choose one of the three cases and complete the assignment by following the guidelines.
Write a typed, well constructed (complete sentences, proper grammar) report of not more than three double spaced pages (4 points).
Devote at least one paragraph to answering each of the 6 questions. (8 points each)
Include a reference section with at least 4 citations including at least one published reference. Use resources such as microbiology text books, encyclopedias, HCC Library databases (e.g. Pro Quest Biology, Pro Quest Nursing) journals and online medical sites to research these questions. Indicate the source of information you found in ACS or MLA format. Do not forget to include in-text citations every time you borrow someone’s idea, even if you paraphrased it. Be sure to include the publication date. Comment on the reliability of the source (why you think this source is reliable) under each reference. (8 points) …show more content…
All references must be cited, and direct quotes from the references must be indicated as such, using quotation marks.
However, in science writing, direct quotes are seldom used. Instead, paraphrase the information in the reference, and supply the citation. In the case of plagiarism, all students involved will receive a “0” on this assignment. Thereafter, plagiarism will be handled according to the College’s Academic Honesty Policy, with possible failure of the course and suspension from the College.
Please submit your case studies through the SafeAssign on the CE6 and bring a hard copy to
class. What microorganism causes this disease? What is your diagnosis?
3. How is this disease transmitted?
4. How is the disease treated?
5. What symptoms might the patient develop if the disease is not treated?
6. What is the prognosis with treatment?
1. Sarah, an 11 year old, had to stay home from school on Tuesday morning because of a sore throat. Sarah spiked a high fever that day. Wednesday Sarah was feeling worse, still feverish, her tongue was swollen and had turned bright red, yellow patches appeared on her inflamed throat, and a sandpaper like rash had developed over much of her body. Bacteria cultured from throat swabs showed β hemolysis on blood agar and were Gram positive cocci in chains.
2. Luis loved camping and enjoyed many week ends tramping through the woods. About a week and a half after his last trek, Luis noticed a weird circular rash on the calf of his right leg; it started as a red spot the size of a quarter, but over the next 4 days it expanded an changed appearance; it had a reddened center, then a ring of normal color and then a reddened outer ring. The rash didn’t hurt, but he realized that he had a head ache and an elevated temperature, and his knees hurt. Luis’s doctor tested a sample of Luis’s blood for the presence of specific antibodies. No bacteria were observed in the sample.
3. In 2007 Carl was serving as a medic in the Kirkuk Provence of Iraq and as part of his duties he ran a clinic for the nearby towns. The war had caused severe damage to the area’s municipal water supply and sanitation facilities. Late summer of that year, a young man came to the clinic, very dehydrated with uncontrollable diarrhea producing almost a liter of ‘rice water’ stool per hour. Within the next week, 13 more people showed up at the clinic with the same symptoms. Although the patients were members of 5 different families, they all lived in the same part of the village, and all got their water from the same hand-dug well. Stool cultures showed curved, Gram negative rods.