Think-Pair-Share Questions

1. A woman has taken broad spectrum antibiotics for two weeks to treat a bacterial infection. She subsequently develops vaginitis.

a. Explain what might account for this.

b. Why didn’t the antibiotics prevent the vaginitis?

2. A young child with an immunosuppressive disorder and living in an urban area routinely played in a park with a large pigeon  population. The child subsequently developed a respiratory infection followed by symptoms of meningitis.

a. What infection might be expected and why?

b. What might the lab look for in the spinal fluid to help confirm this?