A 7 year old female patient is admitted to a local hospital for a greenstick radius break. The break is repaired, the patient is sent home and receives a cast a few days later. The patient arrives back at the hospital 20 days afterwards complaining of pain, sweeling under the cast. Upon removal of the cast, there is notable swelling, pus, and a furuncle. a. what type of specimen should you collect? b. What type of instant test would you perform? c. if your clinic ran out of the instant tests, what lower cost method would you use to identify the species? d. What would be the typical course of treatment? e. Due to some cases of antibiotic resistant infections at the same hospital, the doctors want to use a specimen and test for antibiotic resistence, What test would you perform, and which antibiotics should the doctor avoid prescribing?
A 7 year old female patient is admitted to a local hospital for a greenstick radius break. The break is repaired, the patient is sent home and receives a cast a few days later. The patient arrives back at the hospital 20 days afterwards complaining of pain, sweeling under the cast. Upon removal of the cast, there is notable swelling, pus, and a furuncle.
a. what type of specimen should you collect?
b. What type of instant test would you perform?
c. if your clinic ran out of the instant tests, what lower cost method would you use to identify the species?
d. What would be the typical course of treatment?
e. Due to some cases of antibiotic resistant infections at the same hospital, the doctors want to use a specimen and test for antibiotic resistence, What test would you perform, and which antibiotics should the doctor avoid prescribing?
Introduction
A greenstick fracture happens when a bone fractures and bends rather than totally fracturing into fragments. The fracture resembles what would occur if you were to break a tiny, "green" branch off of a tree. The majority of greenstick fractures happen in kids under the age of ten.
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