If you had a patient with a bacterial infection of unknown origin how could you set up an experiment to test?
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at
7:46 am
If you had a patient with a bacterial infection of unknown origin how could you set up an experiment to figure out what antibiotic might work best?
Thanks!
Filed under: Bacterial Vaginosis
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When an infection is suspected the likely sources (usually blood, urine, sputum, CSF, wound, catheter etc.) are cultured and the specimen is sent to the microbiology lab where it is plated and incubated and you wait for the bacteria to grow. Once something grows the pathologist will identify the type of bacteria. Sensitivity testing can also be done. The bacteria is subjected to several antibiotics and the ones that kill the bacteria are recommended to give as the bacteria is said to be susceptible to those medications.
I take a sample, send it to the Pathology lab, and go on my coffee break.
Could be Betes Litis. I’ve had it several times. How often does the patient bathe? Is the patient overly corpulent? How many boxes of Phlac does the patient eat at one sitting? Does the patient have any history of gastrointestinal issues like a flap of skin on his/her AssWall?