Influenza Research Paper

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Influenza: the patient could be suffering from an influenza related infection because of the similarity in symptoms. The influenza illness produced symptoms such as fever, muscle aches, headache, and lack of energy, dry cough, sore throat, and possibly runny nose. The fever and body aches can last 3-5 days (citation) http://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/diagnosis/labrolesprocedures.htm)

Pontiac fever: A mild infection of the legionella bacterium which causes symp-toms such as headache, muscle pain and fever, however this doesn’t require treatment as the infection is eradicated with a few days. Yellow fever is a viral infection mostly spread by mosquitos which produce symptoms like very high fevers, muscle ache, head ache and vomiting, how-ever since we haven’t been told about the travel details of the patient. I would presume that he hasn’t been to any country where he could get in-fected. Http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Yellow-fever/Pages/Introduction.aspx

Tuberculosis: is a pulmonary infection caused by the bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis; its symptoms are similar to that displayed by the patient. The TB germ can remain
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Although the infection of legionella could be very severe a mild infection of legionella leads to Pontiac fever which clears away within a few days and doesn’t require treatment. Data Analysis of the legionella pneumophilia infection shows that About 10-15% die overall, representing about 10% of those who are treated and not immunocompromised but rising to 80% in those who are untreated and immunocompromised showing the se-verity of the