Case Studies in Microbiology
Microbiology Case Studies
Beth Landry, MHA, MT(ASCP) Beth.Landry@
Objectives
1. Correlate patient's clinical signs and symptoms with clinical laboratory results.
2. Identify organisms based on microbiology culture results.
3. Discuss the diseases associated with each pathogen identified.
Case # 1
66 yo male presents to ED with back pain, fever, chills on 8/12/20 Previous medical history of hepatocellular carcinoma, HCV, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder), and hypertension MRI showed abnormalities ? evidence of metastatic disease, but cannot rule out infection Patient initially started on Ceftriaxone due to history of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteremia
Case # 1
Blood and urine were collected for cultures. Blood cultures turned positive with Gram positive cocci in clusters.
Case # 1
Growth on blood and urine cultures:
Yellow colonies ? beta hemolysis GPCCL Catalase positive BactiStaph Latex positive Set up Vitek MS and AST card
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