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. Your 45 year old patient (who has recently moved from Great Britain where sey were born an raised) presents with severe headaches, stiffness in the neck, confusion and drowsiness. You suspect meningitis, a life threatening infection of the tissue surrounding the brain and sp cord. You take a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample from the patient and send it to the micro lab for examination and culturing. • Later that day the micro lab reports that no bacteria nor fungi were observed on a direct sme of the CSF. In 3 days, the lab reports that no bacteria nor fungi grew in cultures. .The lab also ran PCR for the most common viruses causing meningitis and all were negative. ELISA's checking for helminth and protozoal infections were also negative. Blood work suggests there is no immune response to the pathogen causing the patients clinic signs and symptoms. Based on these results, you believe the pathogen causing the neurological signs is a (n)/are

. Your 45 year old patient (who has recently moved from Great Britain where sey were born an raised) presents with severe headaches, stiffness in the neck, confusion and drowsiness. You suspect meningitis, a life threatening infection of the tissue surrounding the brain and sp cord. You take a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample from the patient and send it to the micro lab for examination and culturing. • Later that day the micro lab reports that no bacteria nor fungi were observed on a direct sme of the CSF. In 3 days, the lab reports that no bacteria nor fungi grew in cultures. .The lab also ran PCR for the most common viruses causing meningitis and all were negative. ELISA's checking for helminth and protozoal infections were also negative. Blood work suggests there is no immune response to the pathogen causing the patients clinic signs and symptoms. Based on these results, you believe the pathogen causing the neurological signs is a (n)/are

Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
Human Anatomy & Physiology (11th Edition)
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Clinical case: Mrs. P, patient with neurological signs suggesting meningitis . Your 45 year old patient (who has recently moved from Great Britain where sey were born and raised) presents with severe headaches, stiffness in the neck, confusion and drowsiness. • You suspect meningitis, a life threatening infection of the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord. • You take a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample from the patient and send it to the micro lab for examination and culturing. • Later that day the micro lab reports that no bacteria nor fungi were observed on a direct smear of the CSF. In 3 days, the lab reports that no The lab also ran PCR for the most common viruses causing meningitis and all were negative. • ELISA's checking for helminth and protozoal infections were also negative. • Blood work suggests there is no immune response to the pathogen causing the patients clinical signs and symptoms. nor fungi grew in cultures. Based on these results, you believe the pathogen causing the neurological signs is a (n)/are unknown viral pathogen
Transcribed Image Text:Clinical case: Mrs. P, patient with neurological signs suggesting meningitis . Your 45 year old patient (who has recently moved from Great Britain where sey were born and raised) presents with severe headaches, stiffness in the neck, confusion and drowsiness. • You suspect meningitis, a life threatening infection of the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord. • You take a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) sample from the patient and send it to the micro lab for examination and culturing. • Later that day the micro lab reports that no bacteria nor fungi were observed on a direct smear of the CSF. In 3 days, the lab reports that no The lab also ran PCR for the most common viruses causing meningitis and all were negative. • ELISA's checking for helminth and protozoal infections were also negative. • Blood work suggests there is no immune response to the pathogen causing the patients clinical signs and symptoms. nor fungi grew in cultures. Based on these results, you believe the pathogen causing the neurological signs is a (n)/are unknown viral pathogen
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