Bug hints

Question 0

pediatric infection

Answer 0

Haemophilus influenzae (including epiglottitis)

Question 1

pus, empyema, abscess

Answer 1

S aureus

Question 2

pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection

Answer 2

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 3

branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

Answer 3

actinomyces israelii

Question 4

traumatic open wound

Answer 4

clostridium perfringens

Question 5

surgical wound

Answer 5

s aureus

Question 6

dog or cat bite

Answer 6

pasteurella multocida

Question 7

“currant jelly” sputum

Answer 7

klebsiella

Question 8

positive PAS stain

Answer 8

tropheryma whipplei (Whipple’s dz)

Question 9

sepsis/meningitis in newborn

Answer 9

group B strep

Question 10

health care provider

Answer 10

HBV (from needle stick)

Question 11

fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised pt

Answer 11

mucor or rhizopus spp.

Question 12

asplenic pt

Answer 12

encapsulated microbes (esp SHiN - S pneumo, H flu type B, N meningitidis)

Question 13

chronic granulomatous dz

Answer 13

catalase-positive microbes, especially S aureus

Question 14

neutropenic pts

Answer 14

Candida albicans (systemic), aspergillus

Question 15

facial nerve palsy

Answer 15

borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme dz)