Case 2 Bright V., a 29-year-old male, presented to the emergency room

Question Answered step-by-step Case 2 Bright V., a 29-year-old male, presented to the emergency roomsuspected of myocardial infarction. The patient’s past medical history was significant for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia. He developed septic shock with acute renal and respiratory failure requiring intubation on the ninth day in the hospital. On CBC, it revealed an increase in WBC count. Two blood cultures were obtained.On the 12th day in the hospital, pus was noted to be seeping from his sternal wound. The blood drainage from his chest tube, tracheal aspirates, pus from his sternal wound was cultured. The bacterium isolated from the specimens was a gram-positive, catalase-positive, coagulase-positive coccus resistant to methicillin. After reading the case history, consider and briefly answer the following: 1.Identify the causative agent. [State the Gram stain and morphology] 2.What is the mode of entry of the agent, and how does it spread within the body and from person to person? 3.Briefly explain the host response to the infection. 4.Briefly discuss the disease pathogenesis. 5.Why do the doctors request two blood cultures? What is the purpose? 6.Based on the standard precaution, how do you tagged this patient? 7.How do you manage the patient’s disease? How can you prevent it? Note: Please indicate conclusion and references. Health Science Science Nursing Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)