CASE HISTORY Brad,a Nine-Year-Old from Connecticut,developed a Fever and a Large (8

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CASE HISTORY
Brad,a nine-year-old from Connecticut,developed a fever and a large (8 cm)reddish rash with a clear center (erythema migrans)on his arm.He also had some left facial nerve palsy.Brad had returned a week earlier from a Boy Scout camping trip to the local woods,where he did a lot of hiking.When asked by his physician,Brad admitted finding a tick on his stomach while in the woods but thought little of it.The doctor ordered serological tests for Borrelia burgdorferi (the organism that causes Lyme disease),Rickettsia rickettsii (which produces Rocky Mountain spotted fever),and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (which causes ehrlichiosis).The ELISA for B.burgdorferi came back positive,confirming a diagnosis of Lyme disease.The boy was given a three-week regimen of doxycycline (a tetracycline derivative),which led to resolution of the rash and palsy.
Would treatment or prevention of future infection have differed for either of the two pathogens not involved in this particular infection,Rickettsia rickettsia and Anaplasma phagocytophilum? What is a major difference between these pathogens and B.burgdorferi?

Understand the correct use of singular and plural pronouns in sentences.

Identify appropriate pronouns based on antecedent number and gender.

Distinguish between singular and plural noun antecedents to select the correct pronoun.

Recognize the correct pronoun choice in professional and formal writing contexts.

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