1. Indicate patient history details that are consistent with the patient having an infection. How do the patient’s signs and symptoms compare to a healthy individual? 2. Indicate what you suspect might be the etiological agent. What additional history would you like to have?

3. Based on the microbe you suspect is responsible for the symptoms, from which body sites would you recommend taking culture?

4. . Give culture and test characteristics of the microbe you suspect might be causing the disease. If you suspect more than one might be responsible, how might you distinguish the two?

5. Indicate virulence factors possessed by this microbe that might be responsible for the symptoms. Indicate how it produces the symptoms you observe in the patient.

6. Is this microbe normal microbiota at the culture site?

7. What type of treatment would be used for this patient