Streptococcal pyogenes causes autoimmune-mediated complications like rheumatic fever . That is why echo is scheduled for patient. and acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis.
other test to diagnose complications are erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ECG, c reactive protein, renal function tests
Type III hypersensitivity caused renal distress . It occurs when there is accumulation of antigen-antibody complexes that have not been adequately cleared by innate immune cells, giving rise to an inflammatory response and attraction of leukocytes.
potential cause of rash can be scarlet fever along with streptococcal pyogenes infection.
Gentamicin is not an appropriate drug for this patient as patient is not showing symptoms of streptococcal pyogenes induced glomerulonephritis and gentamicin is on nephrotoxic drug.
pencillin or amoxicillin can be used to replace gentamicin.efficacy of Administering antimicrobial therapy will be seen in more rapid clinical improvement and will decrease person to person transmission. It will prevent suppurative and some non-suppurative complications such as rheumatic fever.
Illness “Jose, maybe you should go to CVS and see if they have something to help...
Illness “Jose, maybe you should go to CVS and see if they have something to help with your fever.” Jose was sitting in the family room crying louder by the minute. He has been this way for a few days. “I am starting to worry because he seems hotter than a couple of days ago, and is now complaining about not being able to swallow because of the pain,” the mother exclaimed. Moreover, his teacher said that lots of other...
Illness “Jose, maybe you should go to CVS and see if they have something to help with your fever.” Jose was sitting in the family room crying louder by the minute. He has been this way for a few days. “I am starting to worry because he seems hotter than a couple of days ago, and is now complaining about not being able to swallow because of the pain,” the mother exclaimed. Moreover, his teacher said that lots of other...
Illness “Jose, maybe you should go to CVS and see if they have something to help with your fever.” Jose was sitting in the family room crying louder by the minute. He has been this way for a few days. “I am starting to worry because he seems hotter than a couple of days ago, and is now complaining about not being able to swallow because of the pain,” the mother exclaimed. Moreover, his teacher said that lots of other...
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While working in the Emergency Department, you are assigned as the Triage Nurse, who is to screen "walk-in" patients, assign an ESI priority level to each patient, and prioritize which patient should be assigned to an available treatment area first. There are currently three open beds in the department. The following 10 patients are waiting to be seen. "This morning, I stepped on a rusty nail, and it went right through my shoe into my foot. I washed it really...