(DOWNLOAD) "Bacteroides Fragilis: A Case Study of Bacteremia and Septic Arthritis (Clinical PRACTICE)" by Clinical Laboratory Science * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Bacteroides Fragilis: A Case Study of Bacteremia and Septic Arthritis (Clinical PRACTICE)
- Author : Clinical Laboratory Science
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 189 KB
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CASE HISTORY A 67-year-old African-American male was admitted to a local hospital two days after seeing his primary physician with the chief complaint of pain in his knee. Since this patient had a history of severe tophaceous gout, his primary physician administered a shot of Depo-Medrol to relieve some of the pain caused by the gout flare. The patient had a history of hypertension and chronic renal insufficiency as well. Besides pain in his left knee, he also was experiencing symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and some chills for about a week. After a few more days of not feeling well, the patient was advised to go to the hospital. After his initial blood work came back abnormal, he was admitted to the hospital. On admission, he was diagnosed with anion gap metabolic acidosis which correlates with the laboratory results in Table 1. The severe anion gap quickly improved after admission, as depicted by the laboratory results from Day 1 in Table 2. Also striking were laboratory results correlating with acute renal failure.