Concept explainers
1.
To determine:
The disease which is troubling Nate.
Case summary:
Histoplasma capsulatum (ascomycetes) is a
2.
To determine:
The drug taken by Nate.
Case summary:
Nate suffered from a type of lung infection called as pulmonary histoplasmosis. It is caused by fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. The doctor prescribed him a medicine that neither Nate and his father heard before.
3.
To determine:
How Nate contracts this disease.
Case summary:
Histoplasmosis is a type of fungal infection and his fungal spores are found in the soil, bat, and birds. The fungus Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic ascomycete that causes severe lung infections.
4.
To determine:
Is Nate contagious to any of his friends in Troop 138.
Case summary:
Nate went on adventure boys scout troop 138. They did hiking, climbing, backpacking and mountaineering and they also spent time in a cave. In that cave, millions of bats were also present. They explored, scrambled, and crawled whole night. The fungal spores of Histoplasma capsulatum are found in birds and bats dropping and also in the affected soil.
5.
To determine:
Is it possible that other teenagers from the troop are infected.
Case summary:
Nate went on adventure boys scout troop 138. Nate get affected from a type of lung infection called as pulmonary histoplasmosis. It is caused by fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.
6.
To determine:
Is there any possibility that other troop members are diseased.
Case summary:
Nate went on adventure boys scout troop 138. Nate get affected from a type of lung infection called as pulmonary histoplasmosis. It is caused by fungus Histoplasma capsulatum.
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