Bug Hints Flashcards
Asplenic patient (surgery or sickle cell)
encapsulated microbes
S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae type B, N. meningitids
Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
Chronic granulomatous disease
catalase positive especially Staph aureus
“current jelly” sputum
Klebsiella
dog or cat bite
pasteurella multocida
facial nerve palsy
borrelia burgdoferi (lyme disease)
fungal infection in diabetic
Mucor or Rhizopus
Health care provder
HBV (needle stick)
Neutropenic patients
candida albicans
aspergillus
organ transplant
CMV
PAS positive
Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple disease)
Pneumonia in CF, burn infection
pseudomonas aeruginosa
pus, empyema, abscess
Staph aureus
rash on hands/feet
Coxsackie A virus
Treponema pallidum
Rickettsia rickettsii
surgical wound
staph aureus