Bug Hints (if all else fails) Flashcards
Pus, empyema, abscess
S. aureus
Pediatric infection
Haemophilus influenzae (including epiglottitis)
Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
Traumatic open wound
Clostridium perfringens
Surgical wound
S. aureus
Dog or cat bite
Pasteurella multocida
“Currant jelly” sputum
Klebsiella
Positive PAS stain
Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple’s disease)
Sepsis/meningitis in newborn
Group B strep
Health care provider
HBV (from needle stick)
Fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised patient
Mucor or Rhizopus spp.
Asplenic patient
Encapsulated microbes, especially SHin (S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae type B, N. meningitidis)
Chronic granulomatous disease
Catalase-positive microbes, especially S. aureus
Neutropenic patients
Candida albicans (systemic), Aspergillus