Melissa Wang IF Host Defence and Neoplasia
Activity
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 prior 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 history, she has chronic facial pain and pressure with frequent purulent discharge, and typically has 2-3 sinus infections per year requiring antibiotics. She has never had pneumonia before this year. She has never received pneumococcal vaccination. She received her childhood immunization series and had her last tetanus and diphtheria booster 4 years ago. She has been re-vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella twice, after prenatal evaluation deemed her non-immune. Prior to onset of these symptoms, her only medication was the oral contraceptive pill. In addition to leaving recommendations to manage her empyema, you wonder about her history of recurrent sinusitis and recent pneumonias. As such, you order some screening bloodwork.

Curriculum Block

Host Defense and Neoplasia / Integration Foundation / Part 5 / Week 1
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Mid-Unit Tutorial Assessment
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)
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Tags

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 Fever in the Immune Compromised Host / Recurrent Fever 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] Sinusitis [C08.730.749] Social Determinants of Health [N01.400.675]