Week 6: Blood Stream Infections

Question 1

What kind of antibiotic is cefoxitin?

Answer 1

B-lactam (e.g. for Staph Aureus if susceptible)

Question 2

Vignette:
Post-surgery, septacaemia, infection found on wound and in bloodstream, catalase/coagulatse positive

What is the causative organism?

Answer 2

Staph aureus

Question 3

What type of organisms often smell bad?

Answer 3

Anaerobic organisms

Question 4

When pressing on a wound, what can a crackling sound be caused by?

What is an example of an organism that can cause this?

Answer 4

Gas gangrene (gas produced by an organism) BAD

Clostridium perfringens

Question 5

What organism can cause necrotising fascitis?

Answer 5

Strep pyogenes

Question 6

What can be a negative about multi-dose vials for mass immunisation?

Answer 6

Geelong incident, infection spread if contamination occurs (e.g. by suckback or nozzle)

Question 7

What can a bed sore oozing sweet smelling green fluid be indicative of?

Answer 7

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 8

What can be used to treat pseudomonas aeurigenosa?

Answer 8

Tobromyacin

Question 9

What kind of organism is pseudomonas aeruginosa?

Answer 9

Gram negative rod