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1. With what signs/symptoms did your child present?
Vomiting, Diarrhea,bloody stool, stomach pain, and loss of appetite.
2. Fill out the chart below for each of the tests that you ordered for your baby. Feel free
to add rows if you ordered more than 3 tests.
Pathogen
Suspected
Results
What Do The
Results Imply?
Giardia Lamblia
Stool Test
Negative
Doesnt have
Giardia Lamblia
E. Coli
Stool Test
Positive
Has E. Coli
Hepatitis A
Blood test
Negative
Doesnt have
Hepatitis A.
3.
Based on the results of your tests, what diagnosis did you give to your baby?
The diagnosis is E. Coli.
a. What difficulties did you have with the diagnosis?
The difficulty finding the diagnosis was figuring out what was the
sickness.
b. What caused those difficulties?
Several pathogens had the same symptoms like Giardia Lamblia,
Hepatitis A, and etc.
4.
5.
What type of pathogen is causing the illness (Virus, Bacteria, Protist, Fungus)
According to WebMD E. Coli is a germ or bacterium, that lives in
the digestive tracts of humans and animals.
a. Is there a vaccine for this illness?