. A female patient has been suffering from continuous diarrheafor a week. The stool had a metal like smell. The patient is anurse at an Assisted living home. She felt sick a week ago and hersymptoms resembled that of one of her own patients. Her symptomshave been worsening to the point she is very sick and had to taketime off. 1. What disease does she have? Name the causative agent.2. How did she become infected with this microbe? Explain thepathogenesis of this disease. 3. What is the virulence factor andhow would you treat this disease? 4. What would you advise thepatient to do in the future to avoid such illness in particular inher line of work.
