Microbio case study

Module 3 Case Study

Complete the activities in the Case Study and answer the following questions:

1. If you were the doctor, what would you be looking for in the sputum sample to help your patient?

2. If you were a lab technician, what tools and techniques would you use on a recently received sputum sample to make sure you did not contaminate it?

3. Why would a Gram’s stain be completed by a laboratory technician?

4. You were able to grow the bacteria on a unique media that indicates the presence of Legionella species, based on both biochemical tests and microscopic analysis.

a. How could this patient have been exposed to Legionella bacteria and what is one antibiotic used to treat this infection?

b. As the doctor, based on a diagnosis of Legionella bacteria, should you be concerned about person to person transmission?