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Case Study #1 - Table 4 Herb Black, a homeless 59 YO male, was brought to the emergency room by local law enforcement officers. His vital signs reveal normal blood pressure and a rapid heart rate with a low-grade fever of 101°F. The CBC showed 8,859 WBC/µl. The patient complained of a long-standing productive cough occasionally flecked with blood. The doctor ordered a Gram stain and culture, Acid Fast Stain and AFB culture. The bacteria Gram stained GPR but the Acid-Fast stain and other microscopy revealed the results below. 

          Case Study #1 - Table 4
Herb Black, a homeless 59 YO male, was brought to the emergency room by local law enforcement officers. His vital signs reveal normal blood pressure and a rapid heart rate with a low-grade fever of 101°F. The CBC showed 8,859 WBC/µl. The patient complained of a long-standing productive cough occasionally flecked with blood. The doctor ordered a Gram stain and culture, Acid Fast Stain and AFB culture. The bacteria Gram stained GPR but the Acid-Fast stain and other microscopy revealed the results below.
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Case Study #1 - Table 4 Herb Black, a homeless 59 YO male, was brought to the emergency room by local law enforcement officers. His vital signs reveal normal blood pressure and a rapid heart rate with a low-grade fever of 101°F. The CBC showed 8,859 WBC/µl. The patient complained of a long-standing productive cough occasionally flecked with blood. The doctor ordered a Gram stain and culture, Acid Fast Stain and AFB culture. The bacteria Gram stained GPR but the Acid-Fast stain and other microscopy revealed the results below.

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a homeless 59 YO male, was brought to the emergency room by local law enforcemen officers. His vital signs reveal normal blood pressure and a rapid heart rate with a low-grade fever 101deg F. The CBC showed 8,859WB(C)/(mu )l. The patient complained of a long-standing productive coug occasionally flecked with blood. The doctor ordered a Gram stain and culture, Acid Fast Stain and AFB culture. The bacteria Gram stained GPR but the Acid-Fast stain and other microscopy revealec the results below. Case Study #1-Table 4 Herb Black,a homeless 59 YO male,was brought to the emergency room by local law enforcemen officers. His vital signs reveal normal blood pressure and a rapid heart rate with a low-grade fever 101F.The CBC showed 8,859 WBC/ul.The patient complained of a long-standing productive coug occasionally flecked with blood. The doctor ordered a Gram stain and culture,Acid Fast Stain and AFB culture.The bacteria Gram stained GPR but the Acid-Fast stain and other microscopy reveale the results below.
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00:24 This is a condition characterized by the presence of large, immature red blood cells, and these are still in the bone marrow.
00:40 The most common cause are deficiencies in vitamin b12 or folic acid...
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