Reference no: EM133397815

Case Study: Mytha is a 45-year-old American female who has been admitted to the medical ward after having symptoms of food poisoning and skin rash. Her temperature has been over 38°C, and she has been complaining of diarrhea and vomiting. Mytha also presented with nasty looking skin rash on her upper and lower extremities. According to Mytha, the skin rash has started since she swam in the Owens Lake (in California) 3 days ago. She stated that the rash began as small "red bumps" but started to get worse, more profound and more painful around a cut skin that she had sustained a week ago. She admits that she is not sure whether her current health conditions were caused by her swimming in the lake or because of the takeaway food that she also had on the same day. When Mytha was asked about the takeaway food, she recalled that she thought the chicken was not fully cooked when she started eating it. Mytha had a skin swab taken and a stool sample was sent for culture and sensitivity. The stool sample analysis confirmed food poisoning with Salmonella enterica and the skin swap results revealed Vibrio Cholerae skin infection

Questions:

1- Considering the factors that affect microbial growth, classify the category of bacteria that Vibrio Cholerae belongs to?

2- Based on the growth characteristics of this bacteria, explain how Mytha acquired this type of infection?

3- Discuss one strategy that Vibrio Cholerae uses to survive its unique environmental condition?

4- Based on the factors that affect microbial growth, classify the category of bacteria that Salmonella enterica belongs to?

5- Discuss the mechanism that enables Salmonella enterica to survive the gastric acidity to causing Salmonella infection

6- Patients infected with Salmonella enterica usually recover within a few days without antibiotics. Based on the factors affecting their growth, suggest one reason why this happens and give two ways of preventing Salmonella infection.