Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 032191855X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-855-0

Chapter 21 - Microbial Cardiovascular and Systemic Diseases - Clinical Case Study: Nightmare on the Island - Question - Page 649: 1

Answer

Francisella tularensis is the bacterium that must have infected Jacob.

Work Step by Step

Jacob says that the lawnmower ran over a dead rabbit and rabbits are known to be carrying F. tularensis bacteria. The symptoms like headache, soreness all over the body, high temperature, labored breathing and coughing up blood are clues that he is infected by F. tularensis bacterium.
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