Scenario for the case study
1.The day after returning to school from being on vacation in the Dominican Republic, 8 year old Kristen was sent home after she complained of a sore throat and was determined to have a low-grade fever by her school nurse. Her parents kept her home from school the next two days as her sore throat continued to get worse. After these two days, her neck had swollen to the point where she was having a hard time breathing. Her parents took her to the ER where the doctors collected a swab of her throat, which identified Gram positive rod bacteria. As they examined her throat and nose, the doctors observed a thick layer of gray tissue coating both areas. While collecting a medical history, the parents told the doctors that Kristen had never received the standard childhood vaccinations as they had opted not to vaccinate for religious reasons.
Your report will answer each of the 6 questions below- make sure you devote at least one paragraph to answering each one FULLY.
1. What microorganism causes this disease? Make sure to give the name of the bacteria in proper binomial nomenclature and discuss any virulence factors or specific traits of this bacteria that influences the disease.
2. What is your diagnosis (i.e. what is the disease), and what specific features within the case were critical to your diagnosis of this disease?
3. How is this disease transmitted?
4. How is the disease treated? Make sure to be specific on types of treatments used and timing of treatment needed.
5. What symptoms might the patient develop if the disease is not treated?
6. What is the PROGNOSIS with treatment? (If you aren’t sure what prognosis means, please ask your instructor.)
Include a reference section with at least 4 citations including at least one published reference and be sure to include comment on the reliability of EACH source (why you think this source is reliable) under each reference in a bibliography at the end of your document. (For help with where to look for these sources, please see information below).
Include in-text and parenthetic citations every time you borrow someone’s idea in the text of your paper and use information from a source, even if you paraphrased it. Be sure to include the publication date, when applicable. Not having in-text or parenthetical citations is an academic honesty violation
2. Do not use direct quotes. In science writing, direct quotes are seldom used.
You need to paraphrase the information in the reference, and supply the citation.
Substantial use of direct quotes or quoting more than one sentence at a time will result in a reduction of points.
Your report should be in paragraph form and SHOULD NOT INCLUDE THE QUESTIONS. Each paragraph of your report should answer a different question.
Your report should contain proper grammar and punctuation.
Be sure to italicize Genus and species.
The report should not be longer than 3 pages double-spaced (not including the references page) and should contain AT LEAST 6 paragraphs (one answering each of the questions above).
As you write, be sure to cite EACH sentence that contains information that you found in a source with an in-text citation like this (Author, year).
At the end of the paper, you need to be sure to include a references section that contains all the sources you cited in the body of the paper (at least 4 sources, 1 of which must be a published source).
After each reference, you need to include a reliability comment.
For example, I believe this is a credible source because… it was written by a governmental agency and was peer reviewed.
There is an excellent example paper included in the Case Study Module so you can get an idea of what we expect.
https://howardcc.instructure.com/courses/1120742/files/73001822/download?download_frd=1
If you need help with finding credible sources or researching the symptoms, you can chat with an HCC librarian at https://howardcc.libguides.com/homepage.Links to an external site.
