Bug Hints Flashcards

1
Q

Asplenic patient (surgery or sickle cell)

A

encapsulated microbes

S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae type B, N. meningitids

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2
Q

Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

A

Actinomyces israelii

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3
Q

Chronic granulomatous disease

A

catalase positive especially Staph aureus

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4
Q

“current jelly” sputum

A

Klebsiella

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5
Q

dog or cat bite

A

pasteurella multocida

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6
Q

facial nerve palsy

A

borrelia burgdoferi (lyme disease)

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7
Q

fungal infection in diabetic

A

Mucor or Rhizopus

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8
Q

Health care provder

A

HBV (needle stick)

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9
Q

Neutropenic patients

A

candida albicans

aspergillus

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10
Q

organ transplant

A

CMV

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11
Q

PAS positive

A

Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple disease)

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12
Q

Pneumonia in CF, burn infection

A

pseudomonas aeruginosa

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13
Q

pus, empyema, abscess

A

Staph aureus

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14
Q

rash on hands/feet

A

Coxsackie A virus
Treponema pallidum
Rickettsia rickettsii

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15
Q

surgical wound

A

staph aureus

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16
Q

traumatic open wound

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clostridium perfringens