Ch 24 HW

Part I Compare each campground. Where is the relative risk of contracting giardiasis the highest?

-Curious Ermine

Part G - Interpret results What organism are these? They are ______.

-Giardia intestinalis trophozoites

Part J

-a Giardia cyst

Part F The string test involves ______.

-a string, which is anchored in your patient's mouth, that extends to her upper bowel

Part H - Disease diagnosis and causality Your patient has giardiasis! How do you think she contracted this disease? Select the most common means for the transmission of giardiasis.

-contact with contaminated water supplies

Part K - Treat the disease You are able to collect the last of your samples, and you receive your lab results back. FA tests on the fecal samples confirm the presence of Giardia intestinalis. Which of the following could you administer to your patient to ensure that the parasites will be eliminated?

-metronidazole -quinacrine hydrochloride -nitazoxanide

Part C Part complete Which of the following diseases are not very likely candidates for your patient's condition, based upon when your patient first started feeling sick? Remember, you want to consider as many logical possibilities as you can; if you do not have documentation about the time course of the disease, you should not assume that it can be eliminated. Select all choices that are NOT likely based upon the time course of symptoms.

-salmonellosis -a form of bacterial gastroenteritis or bacterial-associated diarrhea -viral gastroenteritis

Now that you have considered the evidence at hand, you should start to build a hypothesis about what disease your patient has. In the beginning of your diagnostic process you should try to think broadly and consider any and all reasonable possibilities. You can then narrow down these possibilities by performing diagnostics that can support or refute your hypothesis. Part B Part complete Select all conditions that could reasonably apply to your patien

-salmonellosis -typhoid fever -a form of bacterial gastroenteritis or bacterial-associated diarrhea -a form of hepatitis -viral gastroenteritis -giardiasis -Cyclospora diarrheal infection -tapeworms

Part D Part complete What diagnostics would you like to perform on one or both of these samples?

-serology -acid-fast stain -microscopy -FA -isolation of bacteria on selective media

Part E - Refine your hypothesis These results tell you that ______.

-your patient does not have hepatitis

Part A - Identify relevant information.Part complete Review the patient's medical history, and then identify risks and concerns that are relevant to your diagnosis (and the patient's treatment). Indicate "YES" with a red checkmark, and "NO" with a blue checkmark.

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