Bacteria

Question 1

what are some skin signs that staph a can cause

Answer 1

Furuncle -> boil around hair follicle

Carbuncle -> many bolids around hair follice

Question 2

what are the main sites of colonisation for staph A

Answer 2

Anterior nares

Skin

Oropharynx

Vag

Axilla

Question 3

what is the difference between staph a and staph epidermids regarding it’s coagulase

Answer 3

staph a -> +ve

epidermidis -> -ve

Question 4

what bacteria often occurs in these…

1. cathater
2. central venous line

Answer 4

1. e.coli (colonisation)
2. staph epidermidis (bacteremia)

Question 5

• *MRSA**
  1. How do you screen for it

2. what you give if screening +ve
3. what abxs are used

Answer 5

1. nasal swab
2. nasal mupirocin & chlorohexidine
3. vanc, linezloid, teicoplanin

Question 6

if a nasal swab for MRSA is +ve, what do you give

Answer 6

nasal mupirocin

chlorohexidine

Question 7

give examples of bacteria that are…

1. gram +ve cocci
2. gram -ve cocci
3. gram +ve rods
4. gram -ve rods

Answer 7

1.

Staph

Strep

Enterocci

Pnuemococcus

2.

Nisseria

3.

C.diff

Diptheria

Listeria monocytogenes

4.

E.ocoli

H.influenxa

Pseudomonas

Campluboactetr

Samlonella

Shigella

Question 8

what is another name for ‘rods’

Answer 8

Bacilli

Question 9

stap. ..
strep. ..

Enterococci

pnuemocooci

these are all what type of bacteria

Answer 9

Gram +ve cocci

Question 10

niseeria

moxella

what type of bacteria are these

Answer 10

gram -ve cocci

Question 12

c.diff

diptheria

listeria

what type of bacteria are these

Answer 12

gram +ve rods/baciili

Question 13

campylobacter

salmonella

shigella

e. coli
h. influenzae

what type of bacteria are these

Answer 13

gram -ve rods/bacilli

Question 14

what type of streptococci is strep pyogenes

Answer 14

group A beta heamolytic

Question 15

what can strep pyogenes cause

Answer 15

tonsillitis

cellulitis

impetigo

Question 16

what bacteira often causes chronic ulcers

what are the features

Answer 16

pseuodomonas aeruginosisa

Pale green

damp

very smelly

Question 17

Fever & back pain

Nothing else really

“skip lesions”

whats probs going on here

1. main cause
2. investigation you need to do
3. why it needs urgent treatment

Answer 17

Spinal epidural abscess

1. staph A
2. Whoel spine MRI
3. it can rupture, causing major cord damage

Question 18

what is a spinal epidural abscess

Answer 18

collection of pus encapsulated by a pyogenic membrane

Question 19

what can be seen on an MRI for a spinal epidural abscess

Answer 19

skip lesions

Question 20

what bacteria are you at an increase risk of after a splenectomy

what is done to prevent this

Answer 20

Pneumococcus

H. infleunzae

Get the pneumococcal vaccine 2 weeks before

Question 21

what can H.influenza commonly cause

Answer 21

acute epiglottitis

bronchiectasis

Question 22

what are the 4 types of clostridium

Answer 22

Difficile

Tetani

Botulinium

Perfinges

Question 23

what are these types of clostridium

1. seizing up, renshaw cells
2. flaccid paralysis, bulbar plasy, IVDU, canned foods & honey
3. gas-gangrene & crepitus

Answer 23

1. tetani
2. botulinium
3. perfinges