A 37 year old male comes to a free clinic in the middle of a metropolitan city.  He said he does not like to use free services, but he has a skin condition that won't heal.  The patient takes off hios right shoe and the doctor believes it is necrotizing fascilitis.  The patient said he had a bad case of frost bite over the winter, and it just will not heal. a.  What type of specimen should you collect? b. What  type of precautions should be made immediately? c. What is the species of bacteria that most likely caused this condition?  What group is it in? d.  Now that you know the species, how would you discern the strain? e.  List one rapid test and one more traditional testing method.

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A 37 year old male comes to a free clinic in the middle of a metropolitan city.  He said he does not like to use free services, but he has a skin condition that won't heal.  The patient takes off hios right shoe and the doctor believes it is necrotizing fascilitis.  The patient said he had a bad case of frost bite over the winter, and it just will not heal.

a.  What type of specimen should you collect?

b. What  type of precautions should be made immediately?

c. What is the species of bacteria that most likely caused this condition?  What group is it in?

d.  Now that you know the species, how would you discern the strain?

e.  List one rapid test and one more traditional testing method.

 

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