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1
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Central line infection

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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2
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Infective endocarditis

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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3
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Skin infection e.g. cellulitis

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Staphylococcus aureus or staph pyogenes

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4
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Abscesses

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Staphylococcus aureus

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5
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Osteomyelitis

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Staphylococcus aureus

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6
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Toxic shock syndrome

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Staphylococcus aureus

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7
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Acute pyleonephritis

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E. coli

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8
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Amoebiasis

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Entamoeba histolytica

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9
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Bacterial vaginosis

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Gardnerella vaginalis

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10
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Necrotising fasciitis

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Staph pyogenes

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11
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Diptheria

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Corynebacterium

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12
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UTI

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E.coli

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13
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Gastroenteritis

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E.coli (watery stools, abdo cramps nausea, common amongst travellers Can progress to haemolytic uraemic syndrome)
Giardiasis (prolonged, non-bloody diarrhoea)
Cholera (profuse watery diarrhoea, severe dehydrations)
Shingella (bloody diarrhoea)
Staphylococcus aureus (severe vomiting, short incubation period)
Campylobacter (flu like prodrome, diarrhoea may be bloody)
Bacillus cereus (2 types- vomiting within 6 hours- rice, diarrhoea after 6 hours)
Amoebiasis (gradual onset bloody diarrhoea)

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14
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Genital herpes

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HSV-2 (can be HSV-1)

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15
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Genital warts

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HPV (especially types 6 and 11)

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16
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Glandular fever (mono)

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EBV (human herpesvirus 4)

17
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Lyme disease

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Borrelia burgorferi

18
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Malaria

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Plasmodium… either falciparum (severe), vivax (most common), ovale, malariae

19
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Meningitis age 0- 3 months

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Group B strep
E. coli
Listeria monocytogenes

20
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Meningitis age 3 months- 6 years

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Neisseria meningitidis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus influenzae

21
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Meningitis age 6 years- 60

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Neisseria meningitidis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

22
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Meningitis >60 years

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Streptococcus pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
Listeria monocytogenes

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Meningitis in immunosuppressed

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Listeria monocytogenes

24
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Mumps

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Paramyxovirus

25
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Slapped cheek syndrome/ erythema infectiosum

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Parvovirus

26
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Pneumonia (community acquired) MOST COMMON

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Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus)

27
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Pneumonia in alcoholic

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

28
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Other causes of pneumonia

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Haemophilus influenzae
Staohylococcus aurea
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Viruses

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Rubella

30
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Syphilis

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Treponema pallidum

31
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Urethritis

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Chlamydia trachomatis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Mycoplasma genitalium

32
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Secondary haemolytic uraemic syndrome

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Shiga toxic producing E coli
Pneumococcal infection
HIV

33
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Bronchiolitis

34
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Croup

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Parainfluenza

35
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Acute Epiglottits

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Haemophilus influenzae type B

36
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COPD exacerbation

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Haemophilus influenzae

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