CASE STUDY 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. For Case Study 1 What does the patient present with?
Answer:
A 24-year old female automotive technician presents herself at the doctor's office.
She complains of fever and of pain in her left hand.
Question:
2. In case study 1 what happened on the patients physical
examination?
Answer:
the patient had a deep wound on her left palm that was oozing pus. She had
purplish, red streaks running up her left arm. She had enlarged lymph nodes at
the elbow and under her arm. The patient's skin was warm and dry.
Question:
3. in case study 1 what is the patient's history?
Answer:
In her history, the patient had punctured her left palm with sharp metal from the
undercarriage of a "real cherry" 1977 Malibu about a week earlier. She said the
wound had bled for a few minutes and she thought that she had washed it "real
good" with soap and water. She had covered the wound with a large "band-aid"
and gone back to work. She developed a fever about three days later. For the
past couple of days, she "did not feel so good" and had vomiting and diarrhea.
Question:
4. In case study 1 What type of infection do you believe she
has in this hand?
Answer:
Staphylococcus aureus
Question:
5. in case study 1 From complaint and physical examination,
which of the symptoms lead you to your choice of agent?
Answer:
the fever, wound with oozing pus and enlarged lymph nodes
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. For Case Study 1 What does the patient present with?
Answer:
A 24-year old female automotive technician presents herself at the doctor's office.
She complains of fever and of pain in her left hand.
Question:
2. In case study 1 what happened on the patients physical
examination?
Answer:
the patient had a deep wound on her left palm that was oozing pus. She had
purplish, red streaks running up her left arm. She had enlarged lymph nodes at
the elbow and under her arm. The patient's skin was warm and dry.
Question:
3. in case study 1 what is the patient's history?
Answer:
In her history, the patient had punctured her left palm with sharp metal from the
undercarriage of a "real cherry" 1977 Malibu about a week earlier. She said the
wound had bled for a few minutes and she thought that she had washed it "real
good" with soap and water. She had covered the wound with a large "band-aid"
and gone back to work. She developed a fever about three days later. For the
past couple of days, she "did not feel so good" and had vomiting and diarrhea.
Question:
4. In case study 1 What type of infection do you believe she
has in this hand?
Answer:
Staphylococcus aureus
Question:
5. in case study 1 From complaint and physical examination,
which of the symptoms lead you to your choice of agent?
Answer:
the fever, wound with oozing pus and enlarged lymph nodes
