Bug Hints Flashcards
Bug Hints
Asplenic patient (due to surgical splenectomy or autosplenectomy, eg. chronic sickle cell disease)
Encapsulated microbes, especially SHiN (S. pneumoniae»_space; Haemophilus influenzae type B > N meningitidis
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Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
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Chronic granulomatous disease
Catalase ⊕ microbes, especially S aureus
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“Currant jelly” sputum
Klebsiella
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Dog or cat bite
Pasteurella multocida
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Facial nerve palsy
Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)
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Fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised patient
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
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Health care provider with needlestick
HBV
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Neutropenic patients
Candida albicans (systemic), Aspergillus
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Organ transplant recipient
CMV
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PAS ⊕
Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple disease)
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Pediatric infection
Haemophilus influenzae (including epiglottitis)
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Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Pus, empyema, abscess
S aureus
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Rash on hands and feet
Coxsacki A virus, Treponema pallidum, Rickettsia rickettsii
