Bacteremia / Septicemia

Question 1

what are the gram positive cocci that cause bacteremia & septicemia?

Answer 1

Staphylococcus aureus
Viridans Streptococcus
Enterococcus faecalis

Question 2

what are the other morphological features in the gram positive cocci organisms that cause bacteremia & septicemia?

Answer 2

Staphylococcus aureus -G+C in clusters, yellowish beta hemolytic colony

Staphylococcus epidermis- G+C

Viridans Streptococcus- G+C in chains, alpha hemolytic or non-hemolytic

Enterococcus faecalis- G+C in chains

Question 3

what gram negative bacilli cause bacteremia / septicemia?

Answer 3

Vibrio  vulnificus
Yersinia pestis
Burkholderia spp.
Burkholderia mallei
Burkholderia preudomallei
Acinetobacter baumannii
Enterobacter spp.

Question 4

which yeast can cause septicemia?

Answer 4

Candida albicans

Question 5

the majority of blood stream infections is caused by which organism?

Answer 5

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 6

this organism causes bacteremia / septicemia from deep, poorly draining infections; spread to numerous body sites?

Answer 6

Staphylococcus aureus

Question 7

this organism can be a part of the skins normal flora & is the most popular coagulase negative version, it causes Bloodstream inf including endocarditis in seriously ill (w/indwelling central line)/ causes wound infections infrequently?

Answer 7

Staphylococcus epidermis

Question 8

this organism is an infrequent cause of bacteremia, is considered a nosocomial infection can be resistent to Vanc or other antibiotics, what is it?

Answer 8

Enterococcus faecalis

VRE- Multi-drug resistant strains, including vancomycin resistance (VRE)

Question 9

this organism Transmit from animals to humans via contact with blood and body fluids into skin abrasions or mucosal surfaces (horses)

Answer 9

Burkholderia mallei

Question 10

This organism is endemic to Africa, Asia, Middle East, Central and South America, most organisms resistant to multiple antibiotics, and has Cytotoxic lethal factor, capsular polysaccharide, actin polymerization factor (nuero), filamentous hemagglutinin?

Answer 10

Burkholderia mallei