To describe: The causative agents of the infection.
Introduction: The bacteria is the unicellular prokaryotic micro-organism. It consists of various forms of morphological structures such as rod- shape, comma shape, spherical shape, helical shape, etc. A typical bacterial infection is the proliferation of a harmful strain of bacteria inside the body. Examples: Pneumonia, meningitis and food poisoning.
Explanation of Solution
The symptoms that are found in the child are rash on the inner thigh with the red streaking pattern which bears a resemblance to bull’s eye pattern, joint ache, and tenderness. These symptoms indicate that the child is infected with Lyme disease. It is caused by the causative agent Borrelia burgdoferi.
To identify: The common name of the infection.
Explanation of Solution
The common name of this bacterial infection is Lyme disease. It is the tick-borne bacterial infection which is commonly called Lyme borreliosis. The most common symptom of this infection is an expanding area of redness at the site of tick bite which is known as erythema migrans.
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