Melissa Wang IF Host Defence and Neoplasia
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Tutorial
Melissa is a 35-year-old mother of three who works in marketing. She is being seen in consultation by the Internal Medicine service while admitted to Thoracic Surgery for an empyema. Three months ago, she began to have cough with intermittent fevers and chills. She has been treated as an outpatient by her family doctor with Amoxicillin, Azithromycin and Levofloxacin over this time. Her symptoms would initially improve but would return within days of completing her antibiotic course. Her condition continued to worsen until this admission. On review of her past medical history, she has chronic facial pain and pressure with frequent purulent discharge, and typically has 2-3 sinus infections per year requiring antibiotics. She also has a long-standing history of autoimmune disease. She was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) in her early 20s, and one episode of acute autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Each of these presentations was treated with steroids. She was also diagnosed with hypothyroidism at 16, attributed to autoimmune thyroiditis. Over the past several years, she has experienced chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain and underwent a colonoscopy which demonstrated inflammatory changes.

Curriculum Block

Host Defense and Neoplasia / Integration Foundation / Part 5 / Week 1
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Mid-Unit Tutorial Assessment
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Basic Sciences
Genetics Immunology Microbiology
Curriculum Block
Host Defense and Neoplasia Integration Foundation Part 5 Week 1
Curriculum Week
IF Week 1
Discipline
Allergy and Immunology Genetics Microbiology
Longitudinal Discipline
Immunology
MCC Blueprint
Psychosocial Aspects
MCC Presentations
Concepts of Health and Its Determinants Cough Fever in the immune compromised host Pleural Effusion
McMaster Program Competencies
1.4 Make informed decision about diagnostic and therapeutic interventions based on patient information and preferences, up-to-date scientific evidence, and clinical judgment 2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of what knowledge is, the strengths and limitations of different ways of knowing, and how knowledge is created in historical, cultural and social contexts. 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 6.2 Identify aspects of the healthcare system that serve as barriers and enablers of providing healthcare to and optimizing the health of patients and the population
MeSH
B-Lymphocytes [A11.063.438] B-Lymphocytes [A15.382.490.555.567.562] Common Variable Immunodeficiency [C20.673.330] Empyema [C01.830.305] Immune System Diseases [C20] Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes [C20.673] Pneumonia [C08.381.677] Pneumonia [C08.730.610] Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases [C16.320.798] Sinusitis [C08.730.749] Social Determinants of Health [N01.400.675]