Summary: Wound Case Study
wound case study
1. What condition did this patient have? She had a Group A Streptococcal infection- to be more specific since the bacteria was a gram positive cocci that grows in chains it was caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. The symptoms she had that matched were discolored skin, swelling, hot sensation, and pain. With group a streptococcal infection amputation may sometimes be needed. It was a flesh eating disease called Necrotizing fasciitis.
2.What features suggest that it is not Clostridium perfringens gangrene? Clostridium pefringens is a gram + rod and the bacteria they found in the patient was a gram + cocci which eliminates clostridium perfingens as a possibly even though some of the symptoms matched gangrene infections.
1. What condition did this patient have? She had a Group A Streptococcal infection- to be more specific since the bacteria was a gram positive cocci that grows in chains it was caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. The symptoms she had that matched were discolored skin, swelling, hot sensation, and pain. With group a streptococcal infection amputation may sometimes be needed. It was a flesh eating disease called Necrotizing fasciitis.
2.What features suggest that it is not Clostridium perfringens gangrene? Clostridium pefringens is a gram + rod and the bacteria they found in the patient was a gram + cocci which eliminates clostridium perfingens as a possibly even though some of the symptoms matched gangrene infections.