Below are several of your hypotheses. Answer "true" or"false" based on whether you believe the hypothesis could be possible to explain the young man's death the young man stopped taking the antimicrobial drugs or took them intermittently [ Choose ] [Choose ] true the drugs may have selected for resistant variants of the pathogen false the young man had progressed to AIDS and had inadequate T helper lymphocytes to activate the infected macrophages [Choose]
Below are several of your hypotheses. Answer "true" or"false" based on whether you believe the hypothesis could be possible to explain the young man's death the young man stopped taking the antimicrobial drugs or took them intermittently [ Choose ] [Choose ] true the drugs may have selected for resistant variants of the pathogen false the young man had progressed to AIDS and had inadequate T helper lymphocytes to activate the infected macrophages [Choose]
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Transcribed Image Text:74. Clinical case, young homeless man, HIV+.
You are working at the community clinic when a young, HIV+, homeless man presents with fever,
fatigue and a cough of 6 months duration.
You Gram stain a sample of his sputum and examine with your microscope, you see faintly staining
bacilli in cords. You next perform an acid-fast stain on the sputum and see red staining bacilli in
cords.
![78. Clinical case, young homeless man, HIV+, continued
Initially the young man improves and you are hopeful he will recover.
However he disappears for 6 months, then re-appears at your clinic, delirious with a high fever and
coughing up blood.
You immediately hospitalize him and start him on the drugs previously prescribed.
His condition worsens and within 2 weeks, the young man dies.
You are contemplating why he died.
Below are several of your hypotheses. Answer "true" or"false" based on whether you believe the
hypothesis could be possible to explain the young man's death
the young man stopped taking the
antimicrobial drugs or took them
intermittently
[ Choose ]
[Choose]
true
the drugs may have selected for resistant
variants of the pathogen
false
the young man had progressed to AIDS and
had inadequate T helper lymphocytes to
activate the infected macrophages
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Transcribed Image Text:78. Clinical case, young homeless man, HIV+, continued
Initially the young man improves and you are hopeful he will recover.
However he disappears for 6 months, then re-appears at your clinic, delirious with a high fever and
coughing up blood.
You immediately hospitalize him and start him on the drugs previously prescribed.
His condition worsens and within 2 weeks, the young man dies.
You are contemplating why he died.
Below are several of your hypotheses. Answer "true" or"false" based on whether you believe the
hypothesis could be possible to explain the young man's death
the young man stopped taking the
antimicrobial drugs or took them
intermittently
[ Choose ]
[Choose]
true
the drugs may have selected for resistant
variants of the pathogen
false
the young man had progressed to AIDS and
had inadequate T helper lymphocytes to
activate the infected macrophages
[Choose ]
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HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) disease is caused by a virus named HIV. This virus lowers down the immunity of the body. The severe form of HIV is AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease).
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