Bug Hints (If all else fails)

Question 1

Asplenic patient

Answer 1

Encapsulated microbes, especially “SHiN”:

S. pneumoniae&raquo_space; H. influenzae type B > N. meningitidis

Question 2

Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

Answer 2

Actinomyces israelii

Question 3

Chronic granulomatous disease

Answer 3

Catalase + microbes, especially S. aureus

Question 4

“Currant jelly” sputum

Answer 4

Klebsiella

Question 5

Dog or cat bite

Answer 5

Pasteurella multocida

Question 6

Facial nerve palsy

Answer 6

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

Question 7

Fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised patient

Answer 7

Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

Question 8

Health care provider

Answer 8

HBV (from needle stick)

Question 9

Neutropenic patients

Answer 9

Candida albicans (systemic), Aspergillus

Question 10

Organ transplant recipient

Answer 10

CMV

Question 11

Periodic Acid Schiff Stain (PAS) +

Answer 11

Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple Disease)

Question 12

Pediatric infection

Answer 12

Haemophilus influenzae (incl. epiglottitis)

Question 13

Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection

Answer 13

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 14

Pus, empyema, abscess

Answer 14

S. aureus

Question 15

Rash on hands and feet

Answer 15

Coxsackie A virus, Treponema pallidum, Rickettsia rickettsii

Question 16

Sepsis/meningitis in new born

Answer 16

Group B strep

Question 17

Surgical wound

Answer 17

S. aureus

Question 18

Traumatic open wound

Answer 18

Clostridium perfringens