Infectious Disease Tutorial
 
Introduction

Case1: Vomiting 

Case 2: Cough & fever

Case 3: Bruising 

Case 4: Sore throat

Case 5: Jaundice

Case 6: Flu & fever

Case 7: Diarrhea

Case 8: Black Robe 

Case 9: Back Pain

Catching the beast

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The bugs have their own tricks.
 
  • Rapid growth rate
    • Thirty minutes in some cases.

  • Adhesive proteins
    • Just like Velcro
    • Increases infectivity

  • Encysted or dormant portion of life cycle.
    • M. tuberculosis, waxy coat protects the bug
    • Sporulation, C. difficile (wait for things to improve)

 

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