ø¤º°* Medical Microbiology Winter 2006 Club*°º¤ø

OnTheRoad · Mar 4, 2006

Good luck with that, it wouldn't do any good at our school. They've done the same thing since the War of 1812 and it will continue until the professor eventually dies of natural causes at the age of 100+. 20 more years for the poor A&P students, my teacher is about 80 and is very fit because he plays basketball with his buddies.

Hey one can dream! We had a chem professor that lasted 3 semesters because people didn't like her and didn't want to study. I can say for her that she was aproachable and she did cover everything on her exams in class (she even made her overheads available for students to copy so they didn't really even have to take notes). This semester is this professors second semester so she is still considered a visiting professor and NOOOOO tenure. If I cannot make a difference in how she is teaching or not teaching us... I will just have to tar and feather her at the end of the semester right? :lol2:

OnTheRoad · Mar 4, 2006

I'm just popping in to say I'm very happy because yesterday I got a 10/10 on my micro lab quiz, after changing my study techniques! Yay, yay, YAY!
Have a good weekend y'all!

You Go Girl!:balloons:

stpauligirl · Mar 4, 2006

Hey one can dream! We had a chem professor that lasted 3 semesters because people didn't like her and didn't want to study. I can say for her that she was aproachable and she did cover everything on her exams in class (she even made her overheads available for students to copy so they didn't really even have to take notes). This semester is this professors second semester so she is still considered a visiting professor and NOOOOO tenure. If I cannot make a difference in how she is teaching or not teaching us... I will just have to tar and feather her at the end of the semester right?

I hope that your school takes care of the situation, at least it looks like there is hope that they will. Hang in there and good luck

kayel · Mar 4, 2006

My A&P teacher operated like that

Wow, mine does too! I love the guy but sheesh.

OntheRoad, hope you wound up with a better mark than you thought!!

I have an exam on Monday and don't know it yet but can't for the life of me get into studying. I need to get away from this computer!!

stpauligirl · Mar 4, 2006

Wow, mine does too! I love the guy but sheesh.
OntheRoad, hope you wound up with a better mark than you thought!!
I have an exam on Monday and don't know it yet but can't for the life of me get into studying. I need to get away from this computer!!

Hey there stranger, good to see you

I love the class and I am doing very very well. Some of the students are a pain in the XYZ when it comes to lab but other than that I should get an A.

You better get to studying....I better get there too, we have hard weekly lab quizzes and need to study thoroughly for them.

Good luck and hang in there

NRSNFL · Mar 6, 2006

Hey do any of you have to do a paper/presentation for micro? And if not, can you pop me an idea or two regarding what bacteria I should choose? I have no clue and need to get cracking since this semester ends in about a month and a half.

moonischasingme1 · Mar 6, 2006

Hey do any of you have to do a paper/presentation for micro? And if not, can you pop me an idea or two regarding what bacteria I should choose? I have no clue and need to get cracking since this semester ends in about a month and a half.

Yeah, I am doing Group A steptococcus (streptococcus pyogenes) which is Necrotizing fasciitis (sp?)...flesh eating bacteria!

I would just go through the textbook and look under "Pathogenic Gram-Positive Cocci and Bacilli." If you have the same book as me, then it is chapter 19. There's a bunch of diseases and bacteria, etc. There's probably more somewhere else in the book, but that's all I know for now.

NRSNFL · Mar 6, 2006

Hey thanks for the help...maybe I'll do the same bacteria. Not like we are in the same class. Enjoy you're spring break!!!

Nurse-To-Be-Joy · Mar 7, 2006

Ugh. I found out we are going to have ANOTHER lab test in a couple weeks. Am I the only one here who has to do these? I'm sorry, but I can't remember every step to every lab we do. I swear, it's like my teacher is training us to be future microbiologists.

KungFuFtr · Mar 7, 2006

I posted this in the student ast area...However it applies more specifically to Micro. Has anyone worked on this case study? I'm guessing syphilis+Hiv...

Anyone want to make guesses or hints

TIA :confused:

Immediately after you finished the physician's assistant program you took a job at a free clinic in

the heart of the City. You always wanted to help society, especially those in the direst of life's

circumstances. During your first week, you met Dwight, a 53-year-old overweight white man

with several obvious problems. Dwight's feet are cracked and blistered and he has three

infected toenails. (He tells you he has been homeless for various periods during the last 10

years). There are seeping sores in the folds of his wrists and under his arms. His gums are

bleeding. Dwight is here because he has been greatly confused over the past eight months and

it seems to be getting worse. He has episodes of ranting and raving. He reports ''feeling crazy''

and being very scared. His friends brought him to the clinic and are waiting outside.

The supervising physician quickly joins you in the examining room. Together you examine

Dwight thoroughly and make a plan for addressing his pressing needs for wound care. The

physician starts asking him about his health history. Dwight reveals very little, saying his

memory is very bad. But he talks a lot about his past sexual exploits.

1. The doctor speaks with you in the hallway. He tells you that mental illness is very common

among the homeless population. Dwight needs a thorough psychiatric evaluation. The

doctor is fairly sure that some of Dwight's neural symptoms are caused by a sexually

transmitted infection. Which one? Caused by which microorganism?

2. If the blood test comes back positive, does it mean that Dwight can transmit the disease to

others? Explain.

3. Should Dwight be treated with antibiotics to remedy his neural symptoms? Why or why not?

4. The patent's blood test came back positive. For what other infectious disease should he now

be tested?

5. The doctor tells you to expect to see more of these cases in the future. But a coworker, who

graduated from nursing school 10 years ago, tells you that this disease (especially its later

forms) is relatively rare and is decreasing in incidence. Who is right?

TRINI_RN · Mar 8, 2006

I don't think that it's HIV, only because in all stages it states that weight loss is a symptom, and it say's that he's overweight. I do think it's Syphilis though. Please let me know what it turns out to be. Good luck!

Nurse-To-Be-Joy · Mar 9, 2006

My micro teacher gave us our grades so far in the class. I have a 91%. It's an A, but just barely. I feel like I can lose it at any time.