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Microbiology systems Flashcards

1
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reheated rice diarrhea = ?

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Bacillus cereus

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canned food food poisoning = ?

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Clostridium botulinum

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Reheated meat dish food poisoning = ?

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Clostridium perfringens

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Undercooked meat food poisoning = ?

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E.Coli 0157:H7

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Food poisoning from eggs, meat, and poultry = ?

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salmonella

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Food poisoning from meats, mayonnaise, custard = ?

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Staph Aureus

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Contaminated seafood food poisoning = ?

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Vibrio vulnificus or parahaemolyticus

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Bacteria that causes dysentery + is associated with Guillain-barre syndrome = ?

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Campylobacter

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Protozoan that causes dysentery and liver abscesses = ?

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Entamoeba histolytica

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E.coli O157:H7 (EHEC) produces what toxin that causes dysentery?

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Shiga-like toxin

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: shigella

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Bloody

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: yersina enterocolitica

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Bloody

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: c.diff

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Watery

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: Clostridium perfringens

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Watery

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: campylobacter

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Bloody

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16
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Bloody or watery diarrhea: Vibrio cholera

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rice water

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: viruses like rotavirus or norovirus

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Watery

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: giardia or cryptosporidium

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Watery

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: Enteroinvasive e.coli (EIEC)

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Bloody

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Bloody or watery diarrhea: enterotoxigenic e.coli (ETEC)

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watery

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21
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What are the common causes of pneumonia in children?

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RSV
Mycoplasma
C. trachomatis
C. pneumonia
Strep pneumonia

(runts may cough chunky sputum)

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What are the two common causes of pneumonia in neonates?

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GBS

E.coli

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What are the common causes of pneumonia in adults?

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Mycoplasma
C. pneumonia
S. pnuemonia

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24
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What is the bacteria that causes pneumonia in alcoholics?

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Klebsiella

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25
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Which type of bacteria is commonly found in aspiration pneumonia?

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Anaerobic bacteria

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26
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What are the three major causes of atypical pneumonia?

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Mycoplasma
Legionella
Chlamydia

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27
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Pneumonia in a CF pt is probably which bacteria?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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28
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What are the major causes of pneumonia in immunocompromised pts?

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Strep pneumoniae
Enteric gram negative rods
Pneumocystis jiroveci

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29
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What are the two major causes of nosocomial pneumonia?

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Staphylococcus

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30
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What are the three common causes of meningitis in neonates?

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GBS
E.coli
Listeria

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31
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What is the #1 cause of meningitis in teenagers?

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neisseria meningitidis

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32
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What is bacterial cause of meningitis is commonly found in all age group, besides neonates?

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Strep pneumoniae

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33
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What is the treatment for meningitis?

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ceftriaxone + vanco

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34
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What abx should be added to the treatment for acute meningitis if listeria is suspected?

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Ampicillin

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35
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true or false: HSV1 causes meningitis

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false, causes encephalitis

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36
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What was the most common cause of pediatric meningitis 15 years ago?

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HIB

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37
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Increased opening pressure of spinal tap + PMNs + increase protein + decreased sugar = what cause of meningitis (bacterial, viral, or fungal)?

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bacterial

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38
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Increased opening pressure + increased lymphocytes + increased protein + decreased sugar = what cause of meningitis (bacterial, viral, or fungal)?

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Fungal/TB

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39
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Normal opening pressure + increased lymphocytes + normal protein levels + normal sugar levels = what cause of meningitis?

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viral

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40
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Osteomyelitis is most commonly caused by which bacteria?

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Staph aureus

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41
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Which sexually transmitted bacteria can cause osteomyelitis?

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N. Gonorrhoeae

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42
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Osteomyelitis in DM and IV drug users is commonly caused by which bacteria?

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Pseudomonas or serratia

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43
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Sickle cell pt with osteomyelitis = ?

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Salmonella

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44
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Osteomyelitis caused by a prosthetic joint replacement = ?

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S. Aureus and S. epidermidis

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45
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Osteomyelitis caused by a dog or cat bite = which bacterial cause?

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Pasteurella multocida

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46
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Nitrate urine test is positive for UTIs caused by what type of bacteria (gram + or -)?

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gram negative

47
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Leukocyte esterase test + in a urine test = UTI caused by what type of organism (viral, bacterial, or fungal)?

48
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+ urease test on urine test = which bacteria?

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Proteus or klebsiella

49
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  • urease test on urine test = which bacteria?
A

E.coli, enterobacter

50
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What are the three leading causes of UTIs in women?

A

E.coli
Staph Saprophyticus
Klebsiella pneumoniae

51
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Swarming on agar = which bacteria?

52
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Blue-green pigment producing bacteria = ?

A

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

53
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Red pigmented bacteria = ?

54
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thin white vaginal discharge + fishy odor without inflammation = ?

55
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Frothy, grey-green, and foul smelling discharge with inflammation = ?

A

trichomoniasis

56
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Clue cells = ?

57
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What is the treatment for BV?

A

Metronidazole

58
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What is the treatment for trichomoniasis?

A

Metronidazole

59
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What is the treatment for candida vulvovaginitis?

60
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Thick, white “cottage cheese” vaginal discharge + inflammation = ?

A

candida Vulvovaginitis

61
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What are the TORCHeS infections?

A 
Toxoplasmosis
Other
Rubella
CMV
HIV
Herpes
Syphilis
62
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Chorioretinitis +hydrocephalus + intracranial calcifications in a neonate =?

A

Toxoplasmosis

63
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PDA + cataracts + deafness + blueberry muffin baby = ?

64
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Hearing loss + Szs + petechial rash + blueberry muffin rash in a neonate =?

65
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Encephalitis + herpetic lesions in a neonate = ?

66
Q

Hydrops fetalis or notched teeth, saddle nose, saber shins = ?

A

Congenital syphilis

67
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What is the cause of hand-foot and mouth disease?

A

coxsackievirus type A

68
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vasicular rash on palsm and soles, with vesciles and ulcers in the mouth = ?

A

hand foot and mouth disease (caused by coxsackievirus type A)

69
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what is the cause of roseola?

70
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What are the symptoms of roseola?

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macular rash over the body after a fever/

71
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What is the virus that causes fifth disease (slapped cheek syndrome)?

A

parvovirus B19

72
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What is virus that causes measles?

73
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rash that begins at the head and moves down = ?

A

Rubella (german measles)

74
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What are the three C’s of measles?

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Cough
Coryza
Conjunctivitis

75
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erythematous, sandpaper like rash with fever and sore throat = ?

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Scarlet fever (caused by strep pyogenes)

76
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vesicular rash that begins on the trunk and spreads outward with lesions at different stages = ?

A

VZV (chicken pox)

77
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rash the begins distally, spreads proximally, and evolves all at the same time = ?

78
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What is the virus that causes smallpox?

79
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What causes chancroid?

A

Haemophilus ducreyi

80
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What causes condylomata acuminata?

A

HSV-6 and 11

81
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What causes genital herpes (which serotypes of the herpes virus?

82
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Painless chancre = ?

A

Primary Syphilis (treponema pallidum)

83
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Fever + lymphadenopathy + skin rashes + condylomata = which STI?

A

Secondary syphilis

84
Q

Gummas + Argyll Robertson pupil = ?

A

tertiary syphilis

85
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Vaginitis + strawberry cervix + motile in wet prep = ?

A

trichomoniasis

86
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What are the two most common causes of PID in order?

A

Chlamydia trachomatis

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

87
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What is Hugh-Curtis syndrome?

A

Infection of the liver capsule and violin string adhesions of the peritoneum to the liver

88
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What is the major nosocomial risk factor for an infection with candida albicans?

A

Hyperalimentation

89
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What is the major nosocomial risk factor for an infection with CMV or RSV?

A

Hospitalization in newborn nursery

90
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What are the two most common nosocomial causes of UTIs caused by catheterization?

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E.coli

S. Aureus

91
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Nosocomial infection associated with source of water?

A

Legionella

92
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Nosocomial infection associated with respiratory equipment = ?

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

93
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Rash in a child that begins at the head and moving down with post auricular adenopathy = ?

94
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Rash that begins at the head, moves downward, and is preceded by Cough, Coryza, conjunctivitis, and koplik spots = ?

95
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Cherry red epiglottis + dysphagia + dyspnea secondary to epiglottitis = ?

96
Q

Thumbprint sign on neck x-ray = ?

A

Epiglottitis secondary to HIB

97
Q

Grayish oropharyngeal exudate = ?

A

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

98
Q

Asplenic pts are susceptible to which bugs? (3)

A

S. pneumoniae
HIB
N. Meningitidis

99
Q

Branching rods in oral infection. sulfur granules = ?

A

Actinomyces israelii

100
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What is the cause of chronic granulomatous disease?

A

Inability of body to form superoxide

101
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Currant jelly sputum = ?

A

Klebsiella

102
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dog or cat bite bacteria = ?

A

pasteurella multocida

103
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Facial nerve palsy bacteria, also cause of lyme disease = ?

A

Borrelia burgdorferi

104
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Fungal infection in DM or immunocompromised pts = ?

A

Mucor or Rhizopus

105
Q

Which strain of hepatitis is most commonly associated with health care providers?

106
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Neutropenic pts are predisposed to developing which fungal infection by which yeast/fungus?

A

Candida albicans

107
Q

What is the virus that often presents issues in transplant pts?

A

CMV (HHV5)

108
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PAS+ bacteria = ?

A

Tropheryma awhipplei

109
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Pneumonia in CF pts = ?

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

110
Q

Hand foot and mouth disease = ?

A

Coxsackie A

111
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Sepsis/meningitis in neonates = ?

112
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Surgical wound infection is likely caused by which bacterium?

113
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Gas gangrene = ?

A

Clostridium perfringens

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