Nosocomial infections and Bug Hints Flashcards
Risk factor: hyperalimentation
Candida albicans
Risk factor: newborn nursery (2)
CMV, RSV
Risk factor: urinary catheterization (2)
E. coli, proteus mirabilis
Risk factor: works in a renal dialysis unit
Hepatitis B
Risk factor: water aersols
Legionella
Risk factor: respiratory equipment
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Risk factor: wound infection
Staph aureus or pseudomonas
Characteristic: asplenic patient
SHiN
S. pneumoniae»_space; H. influenza > N. meningitidis
Characteristic: branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules
Actinomyces israelii
Characteristic: chronic granulomatous disease
Catalse + microbes, especially S. aureus
Characteristic: “currant jelly sputum”
Klebsiella
Characteristic: Dog or cat bite
Pasteurella multicoda
Characteristic: Facial nerve palsy
Borrelia burgdoferi (lyme disease)
Characteristic: fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised patient
Mucor or rhizopus spp.
Characteristic: health care provider
Hep B
Characteristic: Neutropenic patients
Candida albicans (systemic) Aspergillus
Characteristic: Organ transplant patient
CMV
Characteristic: PAS +
Tropheryma whipplei (Whipples disease)
Characteristic: Pediatric infection
H. influenzae
Characteristic: pneumonia in CF patient, burn wounds
Pseudomonas
Characteristic: pus, empyema, abscess
S. aureus
Characteristic: Rash on hands and feet
drive CARS with your HANDS and FEET
Coxsackie A virus
RMSF (rickettsia)
Syphilis
Characteristic: Sepsis/meningitis in a newborn
Group B Strep
Characteristic: Surgical wound
S. aureus
Characteristic: Traumatic open wound (especially a dirty one)
Clostridium perfringens
