Eschericia Coli

RUNNING HEAD : ESCHERICHIA COLI

Escherichia Coli

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Patient is a 24 year-old Hispanic female , a residing in Minnesota . Date of birth is March 24 , 1982 . Her husband AM , who is a 28 year-old computer programmer , accompanies patient

Chief Complaint : My abdomen is very painful . My stools are very watery and there 's blood in it

Medical History

Previous activities prior to onset of pain : Patient

states that she had been traveling and felt sick shortly after arriving home . She states that she mostly ate fast food such as hamburgers and sandwich while she was away . Her husband said his wife started to have diarrhea when she got home and has been sick for four days

Physical Examination findings

General : 24 years old Hispanic female appears to be weak and in pain

Diagnostic tests : A stool culture was utilized to determine whether the patient is suffering from food poisoning caused by Escherichia coli

Vital Signs : Temperature : 99 .9

Blood pressure : 130 /90

Heart Rate : 113

Respirations : 26

Escherichia Coli is a member of the bowel flora of humans (Bettelheim et al . 1994 ,

. 561 . E . coli is a short , straight Gram-negative bacillus that is non-sporing (Sussman 1997 ,

. 4 . The incubation period for the disease or the period from ingestion of E . coli to the showing of symptoms takes three to nine days . Escherichia coli normally colonize the...