Case study for Microbiology 5. A 53-y/o female recently emigrated from Pakistan
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Question
Case study for Microbiology 5. A 53-y/o female recently emigrated from Pakistan to the United States. She presented with a skin disease thought to be caused by a bacterium, however all skin biopsy cultures using media-based techniques failed to grow anything. You order microscopy of the skin biopsy and see bacilli, but the Gram stain comes up inconclusive. Given her history you order an acid-fast stain of the biopsy, which helps you nail down the cause. (a) What is the bacterium? (b) What is the name of the disease? (c) If you wanted to, how might you try to grow the etiological agent? (d) Which parts of the body does this bacterium typically attack?Explanation / Answer
the bacterium is mycobacterium tuberculosis.
name of the disease --- tuberculosis.
it generally attacks lungs , but any part of the body can be affected.