In the summer of 1998, approximately 8000 individuals gathered to celebrate a Ca
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Question
In the summer of 1998, approximately 8000 individuals gathered to celebrate a Catholic priest's ordination in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Within hours of food consumption, 4000 patients experienced acute gastroenteritis, and 2000 (50%) overwhelmed Emergency Departments of 26 local hospitals. Of the triaged patients, 396 (20%) required subsequent admission, and of these patients, 81 (20%) were admitted to intensive care units. A total of 16 (20% of those admitted to the ICU) patients progressed on to develop irreversible multi-system shock and expired while hospitalized. The cultures reported a gram positive cocci on TSA.
1. what is the suspected organism?(I believe it is Staph aureus please correct me if I'm wrong)
2. What further teast should be done?
Explanation / Answer
1). The suspected organism is Staphylococcus aureus.
Whenever the foreign microbes enter into the body, our body trigger an immune response against the infection. If the immune response destroys the self-tissues and organs, the condition is known as sepsis or septicemia. Sepsis is also known as “blood infection” because the organism enters into the systemic circulation. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition, characterized by the symptoms including fever, palpitations, increased rate of respiration, multi-system failure and confusion.
The most common causative organism of the septicemia or sepsis is Staphylococcus aureus. The common bacteria that infect surgical wounds are "Staphylococcus aureus" (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)), it is catalase positive and coagulase positive. It is a gram-positive cocci.