Systems Flashcards
Reheated Rice
B. cereus
Improperly Canned Foods
C. botulinum
Reheated Meat Dishes
C. perfringens
Undercooked meat
E. coli O157:H7
Poultry, Meat, and Eggs
Salmonella
Meats, Mayonnaise, Custard
S. aureus
Contaminated Seafood
V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus
Comma-shapped, growth at 42C
Campylobacter
Amebic Dysentery; Liver Abscess
E. histolytica
Pseudoappendicitis
Y. enterocolitica
Pseudomembranous colitis
C. difficile
Toxins from Traveler’s Diarrhea
LT - heat labile
ST - heat stable
Causes of pneumonia in neonates
Group B strep and E. coli
Atypical Pneumonias
Mycoplasma, Legionella, Chlamydia
Newborn Meningitis
Group B Strep
E. coli
Listeria
CSF Findings in Bacterial Meningitis
increase PMNs, increase protein, decrease sugar
CSF Findings in Viral Meningitis
increase lymphocytes, increase/normal protein, normal sugar
CSF Findings in Fungal Meningitis
increase lymphocytes, increase protein, decrease sugar
Most common cause of osteomyelitis
S. aureus
Osteomyelitis in sexually active
Septic arthritis, N. gonorrhea
Osteomyelitis in Diabetics and IVDA
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Serratia
Osteomyelitis in Sickle Cell
Salmonella
Osteomyelitis in Prosthetic Joint Replacement
S. epidermis & S. aureus
Osteomyelitis from Cat and Dog Bites
Pasteurella multocida
Osteomyelitis in the vertebra
Pott Dx, TB
dysuria, frequency, urgency, suprapubic pain, and WBCs but not casts
Cystitis
fever, chills, flank pain, costovertebral angle tenderness, hematuria, WBC casts
Pyelonephritis
Leukocyte esterase + test
bacterial UTI
Nitrate + test of urine
Gram negative bacterial UTI
Leading cause of UTI
E. coli