Clinical Microbiology Flashcards
Hospital environment
Humidifier, Ventilator
Pseudomonas
After bowel surgery
Infection from gut commensal
Proteus ( Gram neg bacilli )
Bacteroids ( facultative anaerobe )
Immunosuppressed with pneumonia
Renal transplant patient with lung abscess
Nocardia
Vincent’s angina
Stomatitis, Gingivitis
Cancrum oris
Bacillus fusiformis
Borrelia vincenti
Cellulitis with animal bite ( Cat )
Pasteurella multocida
PID
Neisseria gonorrhoea
Post hysterectomy sepsis
Bacteroids
Ecoli
A/B contraindicated in pregnancy
Tetracycline
A/B for both aerobes and anaerobes
Co-amoxiclav
A/B that can cause Renal impairment & require close monitoring
Aminoglycosides
Prophylaxis for abdominal surgery
Cephalosporin
A/B for Chlamydia infection
Tetracycline
Cholangitis
Common causal organisms
E.coli
Antibiotics associated diarrhea
C.diff
Diarrhea + wt loss
Appearance of melanosis coli on colonoscopy
Laxative abuse
Infestation through eating watercress
Presents with jaundice
Fasciola hepatica
Diarrhea+crampy abd pain
Normal colonoscopy
Biopsy - thickened sub epithelial collagen layer
Microscopic colitis
Diarrhea + cramps
Contact with birds
Camphylobacter jejuni
Malignant otitis externa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Worm that can cause Urinary bladder calcification
Schistosoma haematobium
Treatment of Schistosoma haematobium
Praziquantel
Patient with CA colon, CA caecum
Presents with septicaemia
Streptococcus bovis
Sulphur granules
Actinomycosis
Organism colonising on plastic devices
Eg. Breast implant
Staph epidermidis
Organism colonising on plastic devices
Eg. Breast implant
Staph epidermidis
Organism affecting abnormal ht valves
Streptococcus viridans
