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A 3-year-old boy is brought to the office due to a 1-day history of fever and irritability. The mother states that the boy has been tugging at his right ear. The patient has had 2 previous episodes of acute otitis media. Temperature is 38.1 C (100.6 F) . Otoscopic examination shows a perforated right tympanic membrane with erythema and purulent exudate. Cultures from the exudate yield small, oxidase-positive, gram-negative coccobacilli that grow on factor X- and factor V-supplemented media, consistent with Haemophilus influenzae. The patient's immunizations are up to date. Which of the following best explains this patient's susceptibility to the pathogen causing his current infection?
Personality
The combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual, defining their character and psychological identity.
Freud
Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist known for founding psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.
Impulsively
Acting or done without forethought, driven by sudden desires or inclinations.
Id
In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.
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