A patient came into the office suffering from flu like symptoms,accompanied by Fever, Abdominal pain, Back pain, Chills, Excessivesweating, Fatigue with joints pain. The fever has been an up anddown fever. The patient said he had visited a farm a week ago andhad drunk milk. He did not know if the milk or the yoghurt he hadcaused this. 1. What infection does he have? Name the causativeagent. 2. How did he become infected with this microbe? Explain thepathogenesis of this disease. 3. What are the virulence factors forthis pathogen? What would be the treatment based on the virulencefactors and why? Why is it considered as a food borne illness yetthere are no symptoms that indicating it is? 4. Name another agentthat also causes infection but in pasteurized dairy products? Whatare the virulence factors for this pathogen? How would you treat itbased on that? 5. The patient does not have diarrhea, however howwould the type of diarrhea assist in the identification ofdiseases. Give at least 3 examples stating the agent its disease,type of diarrhea, virulence factors and treatment.
