Concept explainers
(1)
To define:
What are the diagnosis and causative agent?
Case summary:
In the given summary, a 43-year-old immigrant from Thailand reports to the clinic with his 9-year-old son who has bloody diarrhea with mucus, stomach pain, and fever for past 24 hours. However, he reports that his son was healthy when they arrivedin the United States a week prior to the start of these symptomsRound protozoan cysts are microscopically identified in the stool of the boy.
(2)
To determine:
What arethe other diseases caused by these organisms?
Case summary:
In the given summary, a 43-year-old immigrant from Thailand reports to the clinic with his 9-year-old son who has bloody diarrhea with mucus, stomach pain, and fever for past 24 hours. However, he reports that his son was healthy when he arrived in the United States a week prior to the start of these symptomsRound protozoan cysts are microscopically identified in the stool of the boy.
(3)
To determine:
Describe the other diseases caused by these organisms?
Case summary:
In the given summary, a 43-year-old immigrant from Thailand reports to the clinic with his 9-year-old son who has bloody diarrhea with mucus, stomach pain, and fever for past 24 hours. However, he reports that his son was healthy when he arrived in the United States a week prior to the start of these symptomsRound protozoan cysts are microscopically identified in the stool of the boy.
(4)
To determine:
How these patients likely acquire this disease?
Case summary:
In the given summary, a 43-year-old immigrant from Thailand reports to the clinic with his 9-year-old son who has bloody diarrhea with mucus, stomach pain, and fever for past 24 hours. However he reports that his son was healthy when he arrived in the United States a week prior to the start of these symptoms. Round protozoan cysts are microscopically identified in the stool of the boy.
(5)
To determine:
What is the best treatment for this?
Case summary:
In the given summary, a 43-year-old immigrant from Thailand reports to the clinic with his 9-year-old son who has bloody diarrhea with mucus, stomach pain, and fever for past 24 hours. However, he reports that his son was healthy when he arrived in the United States a week prior to the start of these symptomsRound protozoan cysts are microscopically identified in the stool of the boy.
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