As a teacher of microbiology, I am curious. Is this a homework=20
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If this IS a homework assignment, I hope you will also DIG for the=20
answer and not expect someone to just GIVE it to you. There are enough=20
strong clues in your case to diagnose the illness without TOO much=20
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Phyllis Williams, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
On Sat, 12 Oct 1996, rex wrote:
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> A 2-year old male child experienced an upper respiratory tract
> infection two weeks prior to hospital admission. Four days prior to
> admission, anorexia and lethargy were noted. Patient was seen at the
> accident and emergency centre of his local hospital three days prior
> to admission. At that time he had a fever of 39.9=B0C. Physical
> examination revealed a clear chest, exudative pharyngitis, and
> enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Throat culture was taken, and a course
> of penicillin was begun. The child state worsened, and he became
> increasingly lethargic, he developed a respiratory distress on the day
> of admission to hospital. It was noted that the throat culture from
> three days prior to admission had not grown any group A Streptococci.
> Further examination, the patients temperature was 38.9=B0C and had an
> exudate in the posterior pharynx that was described as a yellowish
> thick membrane which bled when scraped and removed. The patients
> medical history revealed that he had received no immunisations.
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> What could be the causative agent for this disease? please send your
> reply to rrreyes at enterprise.net thanks...
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