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BIO 175

Use this sheet as you answer the questions in the Case Report.

1)What degree of burn is this?

2. What layers of skin have been damaged?
3. Why was it not very painful?
4. What treatment might the doctor recommend?
5. Would this be considered an “autograft,” an “allograft,” or a “xenograft”?
6. List one benefit and one drawback to this type of graft.
7. Why might inflammation of the grafted area occur?
8. What tests might be performed to determine if the cause of the inflammation is a bacterium?
9. What would the first line of treatment be?
10. Which bacterium do you think is responsible for the inflammation?
11. What factors likely caused Alison to be at increased susceptibility to this infection?
12. Are antibiotics appropriate to prescribe for bacterial infections?
13. Form a hypothesis addressing why the antibiotics were not immediately effective.
14. What do you think the cause of the pus is?
15. Describe three reasons why MRSA is so dangerous.
16. Why, of all the proteins, does the latex agglutination test assess presence of PBP2a?