Bug hints

Question 1

Encapsulated microbes (SHiN)
S. pneumo >> HiB > N. meningitidis

Answer 1

Asplenic patient d/t surgical splenectomy, autosplenectomy, chronic sickle cell dz

Question 2

Actinomyces israelii

Answer 2

Branching rods in oral infection and sulfur granules

Question 3

Catalase + microbes, esp. S. aureus

Answer 3

Chronic granulomatous dz

Question 4

Klebsiella

Answer 4

Currant jelly sputum

Question 5

Pasteurella multocida

Answer 5

Dog or cat bite

Question 6

Borrelia burgdorferi

Answer 6

Facial nerve palsy

Question 7

Mucor or Rhizopus

Answer 7

Fungla infection in diabetic or immunocompromised pt

Question 8

HBV (from needlestick)

Answer 8

Health care provider

Question 9

Candida albicans (systemic)
Aspergillus

Answer 9

Neutropenic pts

Question 10

CMV

Answer 10

Organ transplant recipient

Question 11

Tropheryma whipplei

Answer 11

PAS +

Question 12

Haemophilus influenzae (including epiglottitis)

Answer 12

Pediatric infection

Question 13

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 13

Pneumonia in CF pt or burn victim

Question 14

S. aureus

Answer 14

Pus, empyema, abscess

Surgical wound infection

Question 15

Coxsackie A virus, Treponema pallidum, Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 15

Rash on hands and feet

Question 16

Group B strep

Answer 16

Sepsis and meningitis in newborn

Question 17

CLostridium perfringens

Answer 17

Traumatic open wound