Daniel, a 15 year old male, presents to his family doctor with a fever above 101.3°F, red and sore throat, headache, mal

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Daniel, a 15 year old male, presents to his family doctor with a fever above 101.3°F, red and sore throat, headache, malaise, loss of appetite, abnormal taste, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, and difficulty swallowing. Daniel is particularly distressed by his sore throat. 1. Indicate potential diseases Daniel might have. 2. Daniel's doctor orders a throat culture. The results come back and show that Daniel has a pathogenic bacteria that is gram-positive, occurs in pairs or chains, and exhibits beta hemolysis on blood agar. What is the genus and species name of this organism? What is the disease resulting from this infection, and how is this disease usually contracted? 3. What other diseases can result from this particular microorganism? 4. Given the above result, Daniel's doctor prescribes him antibiotics to be taken for 10 days. Daniel doesn't like to swallow pills and defides to see if he will improve on his own without the antibiotics. Approximately 20 days after his initial symptoms Daniel notices new symptoms that included painful, swollen joints, shortness of breath, chest pain, and a skin rash that developed ring-shaped eruptions on the upper parts of his legs/arms and on his trunk. His doctor confirms that he has carditis (inflammation of the heart). Daniel's disease has progressed to a more serious condition, what is this new condition? 5. What causes this condition to occur?