Gram Negative Rods "Bacilli" Flashcards

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An alcoholic man is admitted to hospital with fever, dyspnea and is coughing up gelatinous red sputum. Chest x-ray is consistent with an abscess . What infection do You suspect ?

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Toxins that are chromosomally encoded

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Shiga toxin

Endotoxin of vibrio cholera

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Most common disease caused by pseudomonas

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Ventilator associated pneumonia VAP

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