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Gram (-) diplococci, encapsulated, ferments maltose and glucose, kidney bean-shaped, large polysaccharide capsule, oxidase (+) on chocolate agar

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Neisseria meningitidis: Location

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upper respiratory tract, humans - only natural host

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Neisseria meningitidis: Transmission

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respiratory droplets, close quarters (military, dormitories, camps)

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Neisseria meningitidis: Virulence factors

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antiphagocytic polysaccharide capsule, endotoxin (LPS), IgA protease, complement deficiencies in the late-acting complement components (C5-C9)

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Neisseria meningitidis: Diseases

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meningitis, meningococcemia, Waterhouse-Friderichsen

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Most common cause of meningitis among children 2-18 y.o.

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Fever, headache, stiff neck, increased level of PMNs in spinal fluid

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Meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis)

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Dissemination of meningococci into the bloodstream, multiorgan disease, consumptive coagulopathy, petechial or purpuric rash (purpura fulminans)

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Meningococcemia

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Most severe form of meningococcemia, high fever, shock, widespread purpura, disseminated intravascular coagulation, thrombocytopenia, adrenal insufficiency (bilateral hemorrhagic destruction of the adrenal glands)

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Waterhouse-Friderichsen

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Neisseria meningitidis: Treatment

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Penicillin G, Ceftriaxone

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Neisseria meningitidis: Prevention

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capsular polysaccharide (A, C, Y, W-135) coupled to a carrier protein (diphtheria toxoid) to enhance immunogenicity, Rifampin chemoprophylaxis for close contacts

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Gram (-) diplococci, ferments glucose only, kidney bean-shaped, insignificant capsule, oxidase (+) on Thayer-Martin medium

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Location

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genital tract

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Transmission

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sexual contact, passage through the birth canal

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Virulence factors

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pili, lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS), complement deficiencies in the late-acting complement components (C5-C9), usual co-infection with C. trachomatis

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Localized

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ophthalmia neonatorum, gonococcal urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Disseminated

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septic arthritis

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Purulent conjunctivitis in newborns

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Ophthalmia Neonatorum

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Most common cause of urethritis

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Urethritis and epididymitis in men

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Gonococcal Urethritis

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Most common cause of PID

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Complications of PID

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sterility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain dyspareunia, Fitz-Hugh-Curtis

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Violin-string adhesions, complication of PID

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Fitz-Hugh-Curtis

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Most common cause of septic arthritis in sexually active adults

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Arthritis, tenosynovitis, pustules on the skin

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Septic Arthritis (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Treatment

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Ceftriaxone + Doxycycline (C. trachomatis co-infection)

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Prevention

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barrier contraception, treat sexual partner, erythromycin ointment or silver nitrate to prevent conjunctivitis

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Cause culture (-) subacute bacterial endocarditis in patients with pre-existing heart disease

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Eikenella corrodens, Kingella kingae

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HACEK Organisms

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Haemophilus aphrophilus, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, Kingella kingae

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Gram (-) coccobacillary rods, enriched chocolate agar, polyribitol phosphate capsule, requires factor X (hemin) and V (NAD) for growth, satellite phenomenon around S. aureus

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Haemophilus influenza type B

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Haemophilus influenza type B: Location

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upper respiratory tract

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Haemophilus influenza type B: Transmission

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respiratory droplets

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Haemophilus influenza type B: Pathogenesis

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type b (polyribitol phosphate), IgA protease, children 6-12 mos. (decline in maternal IgG and immature immune system)

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Sinusitis, otitis media, pneumonia, meningitis, epiglottitis, COPD exacerbations

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Haemophilus influenza type B

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Most common cause of epiglottitis, cherry red epiglottis, thumb sign

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Haemophilus influenza type B

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Most common cause of COPD exacerbations

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Haemophilus influenza type B

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Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup): Etiology

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Parainfluenza Virus 1 & 2

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Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup): Radiographic Sign

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Steeple Sign

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Laryngotracheobronchitis (Croup): Treatment

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Racemic Epinephrine

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Haemophilus influenza type B: Treatment

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Ceftriaxone

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Haemophilus influenza type B: Prevention

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HiB vaccine containing te type b capsular polysaccharide conjugated to diphtheria toxoid (2-18 mos.)

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Gram (-) rods, Bordet-Gengou/Regan-Lowe agar, whooping cough

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Bordatella pertussis

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Bordatella pertussis: Location

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upper respiratory tract

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Bordatella pertussis: Transmission

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respiratory droplets

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Bacterial Croup: Etiology

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Bordatella pertussis

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Bordatella pertussis Virulence Factors: Mediates attachment

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Filamentus Hemagglutinin

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Bordatella pertussis Virulence Factors: Causes ADP-ribosylation and lymphocytosis

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Pertussis Toxin - inactivates Gi (turns off the “off button”)

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Bordatella pertussis Virulence Factors: Inhibits phagocytic activity

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False Adenylate Cyclase

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Bordatella pertussis Virulence Factors: Damages ciliated cells, causes whooping

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Tracheal Cytotoxin

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Paroxysmal pattern of hacking coughs, accompanied by production of copious amounts of mucus, cough ends with an inspiratory “whoop”

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Pertussis (Tuspirina)

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Pertussis: Incubation

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7-10 days

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Pertussis: Catarrhal Phase

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1-2 weeks

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Pertussis: Rhinorrhea, malaise, fever, sneezing, anorexia, best time for blood CS

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Catarrhal Phase

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Pertussis: Paroxysmal Phase

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2-4 weeks

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Pertussis: Repetitive cough with whoops, vomiting, leukocytosis

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Paroxysmal Phase

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Pertussis: Convalescent Phase

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3-4 weeks

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Pertussis: Diminished paroxysmal cough, development of secondary complications (pneumonia, seizures, encephalopathy)

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Convalescent Phase

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Bordatella pertussis: Treatment

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Erythromycin

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Bordatella pertussis: Prevention

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acellular vaccine combination with diphtheria and tetanus toxoids (DTaP)

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Gram (-) rods, poorly gram staining, silver stain, charcoal yeast agar (iron, cysteine), airconditioning, facultative intracellular bacteria, rapid urinary antigen test

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Legionella pneumophila

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Facultative Intracellular Bacteria

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Salmonella, Brucella, Mycobacterium, Listeria, Francisella, Legionella, Yersinia

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Legionella pneumophila: Location

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environmental water sources

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Legionella pneumophila: Transmission

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aerosol from water source (no human-to-human transmission)

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Legionella pneumophila: Sole virulence factor

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Endotoxin

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Replicates intracellularly, eliminated by cell-mediated immunity, inhibits lysosomal fusion

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Legionella pneumophila

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Legionella pneumophila: Risk Factors

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old age, smoking, high alcohol intake, immunosuppression

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Pneumonia, confusion, non-bloody diarrhea, hyponatremia, proteinuria, hematuria

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Atypical Pneumonia (Legionella pneumophila)

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Mild, flu-like illness caused by Legionella pneumophila

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Pontiac Fever

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Legionella pneumophila: Treatment

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Azithromycin, Erythromycin

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Legionella pneumophila: Prevention

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reduce cigarette and alcohol consumption, eliminate aerosols from water sources, high temperatures and hyperchlorination of hospital water supply

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Facultative gram (-) rods, lactose fermenter on EMB or MacConkey’s agar, green sheen on EMB agar (metallic sheen), acid slant and acid butt on TSI without H2S, typing by O and H antigens

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Escherichia coli

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Lactose fermenters

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Citrobacter, Klebsiella, Escherichia coli, Enterobacter

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Escherichia coli: Location

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colon, vagina, urethra

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Escherichia coli: Transmission

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ascending UTI, neonatal meningitis, fecal-oral

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Escherichia coli: Virulence Factors

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pili, flagellum (H), capsule (K), endotoxin (O), enterotoxins - HST & HLT (watery diarrhea), verotoxin (Shiga-like) bloody diarrhea in HUS

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Enterobacteriaceae

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Morganella, Escherichia, Shigella, Salmonella, Yersinia, Serratia, Proteus, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, Klebsiella

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Enterobacteria: Features

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capsular antigen (K), O antigen, flagellar antigen (H), ferments glucose

78
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Most common cause of community acquired UTI

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Escherichia coli

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2nd most common cause of neonatal meningitis worldwide, most common cause in the Philippines

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Escherichia coli

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Causes of Neonatal Meningitis

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B group Streptococci (S. agalactiae), Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes

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Escherichia coli: Watery diarrhea, traveller’s diarrhea, Montezuma’s Revenge, Delhi Belly

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Enterotoxigenic (ETEC)

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Escherichia coli: Watery diarrhea of long duration, mostly infants (Pedia), often in developing countries (Philippines)

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Enteropathogenic (EPEC)

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Escherichia coli: Bloody diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)

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Enterohemorrhagic (EHEC), O157:H7

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Escherichia coli: Bloody diarrhea, utilize adhesin proteins to bind to and enter intestinal cells

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Enteroinvasive (EIEC)

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Escherichia coli: Persistent watery diarrhea in children, HIV patients (AIDS)

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Enteroadherent (EAEC)

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Escherichia coli: Treatment

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Ampicillin or Sulfonamides for UTI (Quinolones in the Philippines), 3rd gen. Cephalosporins for meningitis and sepsis, rehydration for Traveller’s Diarrhea

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Escherichia coli: Prevention

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limiting urinary catheterization, switching IV lines promptly, boiling water

88
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Non-lactose fermenting facultative gram (-) rods, motile, oxidase (-), H2S producer, Widal test detects antibodies, XLD medium (xylose-lysine-deoxycholate agar)

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Salmonella

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Salmonella: Location

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colon (S. typhi), enteric tract of humans and animals (S. enteritidis)

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Salmonella: Transmission

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fecal-oral

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Salmonella: Enterocolitis

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S. enteritidis/S. typhimurium

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Salmonella: Typhoid Fever

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S. typhi

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Salmonella: Septicemia

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S. choleraesuis

94
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Invasion of the epithelial and subepithelial tissue of SI and LI, high infectious dose, gastrectomy and antacids lower infectious dose

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Enterocolitis (S. enteritidis/S. typhimurium)

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Due to Vi capsular antigen, organisms enter, multiply in Peyer’s patches, spread to reticulo-endothelial system, predilection for invasion of the gallbladder (chronic carrier state)

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Typhoid Fever (S. typhi)

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Bacteremia results in the seeding of many organs, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, meningitis, sickle cell anemia

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Septicemia (S. choleraesuis)

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Salmonella Enterocolitis: Incubation Period

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12-48 hours

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Typhoid Fever: Incubation Period

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5-21 days

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Salmonella: Nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, non-bloody diarrhea

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Enterocolitis

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Salmonella: Fever, little or no enterocolitis, focal symptoms (bone, lungs, meninges)

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Septicemia

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Typhoid Fever Findings: Week 1

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stepwise fever, anorexia, malaise, relative bradycardia, bacteremia

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Typhoid Fever Findings: Week 2

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abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, rose spots (salmon papules), hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice

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Typhoid Fever Findings: Week 3

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bleeding, ileitis, pneumonia

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Typhoid Fever Findings: Week 4

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recovery or death

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Typhoid Fever Culture: Week 1

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blood, bone marrow

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Typhoid Fever Culture: Week 2

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urine, rose spots, bone marrow

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Typhoid Fever Culture: Week 3

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stool, bone marrow

108
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Typhoid Fever Culture: Week 4

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bone marrow

109
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Typhoid Fever Culture: Chronic Carrier

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bile, stool, bone marrow

110
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Salmonella: Treatment

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Ceftriaxone, Ciprofloxacin

111
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Salmonella: Treatment in the Philippines

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Amoxicillin, Chloramphenicol, Cotrimoxazole

112
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Salmonella: Treatment for Gallbladder Infection

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Ampicillin - enterohepatic recycling

113
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Salmonella: Prevention

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public health measures - sewage disposal, chlorination, hand washing, food safety, S. typhi vaccine

114
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Non-lactose fermenting gram (-) rods, non-motile, oxidase (-), H2S non-producer, O antigen, XLD medium (xylose-lysine-deoxycholate agar)

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Shigella

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Shigella: Location

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colon

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Shigella: Transmission

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food, fingers, feces, flies

117
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Invades the distal ileum and colon, low infectious dose (highly infectious), locally accompanied by ulceration, enterotoxin (Shiga toxin)

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Shigella

118
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Most common cause of bacillary dysentery

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Shigella sonnei (Duval’s bacillus)

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Most severe form of bacillary dysentery, most common cause of epidemic dysentery

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Shigella dysenteriae Type 1 (Shiga bacillus)

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Group A - Shigella dysenteriae Type 1

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Shiga bacillus

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Group A - Shigella dysenteriae Type 2

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Schmitz bacillus

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Group B - Shigella flexneri

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Flexner’s / Hiss and Russell’s bacillus

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Group C - Shigella boydii

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Newcastle Manchester bacillus

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Group D - Shigella sonnei

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Duval’s bacillus

125
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Incubation period of 1-4 days, fever, abdominal cramps, diarrhea (watery to bloody) resolving in 2-3 days

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Bacillary Dysentery

126
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Shigella: Treatment

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fluid and electrolyte replacement, Ciprofloxacin for severe cases

127
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Shigella: Prevention

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public health measures - sewage disposal, chlorination, hand washing, food safety

128
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Gram (-) rods, comma-shaped, motile, oxidase (+), shooting star, marine organism, thisulfate citrate bile salts sucrose (TCBS) agar, high infectious dose

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Vibrio

129
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Vibrio: Location

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colon (V. cholerae), saltwater (V. parahemolyticus, V. vulnificus)

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Vibrio: Transmission

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fecal-oral (V. cholerae), contaminated raw seafood (V. parahemolyticus), trauma to skin, shellfish handlers, ingestion of raw shellfish (V. vulnificus)

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Vibrio Virulence Factors: Acts by ADP-ribosylation

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Enterotoxin (Choleragen) - activates Gs (turns on the “on button”)

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Vibrio Virulence Factors: Enhances attachment to the intestinal mucosa

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Mucinase

133
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Vibrio: Pandemics

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Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor (Cholera El Tor)

134
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Watery diarrhea in large volumes (rice-water stools), cardiac and renal failure, non-gap acidosis, hypokalemia

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Cholera (V. cholerae)

135
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Self-limited with an explosive onset of watery diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, headache, low-grade fever

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Gastroenteritis (V. parahemolyticus, V. vulnificus)

136
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Wound infections associated with exposure to contaminated water

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V. parahemolyticus, V. vulnificus

137
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Vibrio: Treatment

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cholera - fluid and electrolyte replacement, Tetracycline/Azithromycin shortens duration, V. parahemolyticus/V. vulnificus - Minocycline + Fluoroquinolone/Cefotaxime

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Vibrio: Prevention

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public health sanitation, cholera vaccine - short-term immunity, herd immunity

139
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Gram (-) rods, comma-shaped, microaerophilic, Skirrow’s agar (42°C), Campy medium (antibiotics)

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Campylobacter jejuni

140
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Campylobacter jejuni: Location

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human and animal feces

141
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Campylobacter jejuni: Transmission

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fecal-oral

142
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Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis

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Campylobacter jejuni

143
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Possibly enterotoxin-mediated diarrhea, invades mucosa of the colon but does not penetrate, sepsis rarely occurs, histologic damage to the mucosal surfaces of the jejunum

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Campylobacter jejuni

144
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Watery, foul-smelling diarrhea followed by bloody stools accompanied by fever and severe abdominal pain, from undercooked chicken

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Campylobacter jejuni

145
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Campylobacter jejuni: Antigenic cross-reactivity between oligosaccharides in bacterial capsule and glycosphingolipids on surface of neural tissues

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Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS)

146
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Campylobacter jejuni: Reactive Arthritis

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Reiter’s Syndrome

147
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Campylobacter jejuni: Treatment

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symptomatic, Erythromycin for severe cases

148
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Campylobacter jejuni: Prevention

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public health measures

149
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Gram (-) rods, curved, comma-shaped, urease (+), microaerophilic

A

Helicobacter pylori

150
Q

Urease (+) Bacteria

A

Proteus mirabilis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Helicobacter pylori, Ureaplasma urealyticum

151
Q

Helicobacter pylori: Location

A

stomach

152
Q

Helicobacter pylori: Transmission

A

ingestion

153
Q

Damages goblet cells of the gastric mucosa, production of large amounts of ammonia from urea by the organism’s urease, ammonia neutralizes stomach acid

A

Helicobacter pylori

154
Q

Helicobacter pylori: Diagnosis

A

EGD with biopsy, urease breath test, H. pylori stool antigen

155
Q

Recurrent pain in the upper abdomen, frequently accompanied by bleeding into the GIT

A

Peptic Ulcer Disease

156
Q

Helicobacter pylori: Disease Associations

A

gastric CA, MALT lymphomas

157
Q

Helicobacter pylori: Triple Therapy

A

Bismuth salicylate + Metronidazole + Tetracycline, Ranitidine bismuth citrate + Tetracycline + Clarithromycin or Metronidazole, Omeprazole or Lansoprazole + Clarithromycin + Metronidazole or Amoxicillin

158
Q

Helicobacter pylori: Quadruple Therapy

A

Omeprazole or Lansoprazole + Bismuth salicylate + Metronidazole + Tetracycline

159
Q

Facultative gram (-) rods, lactose fermenter, urease (+), extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL), large polysaccharide capsule

A

Klebsiella pneumoniae

160
Q

Klebsiella pneumoniae: Location

A

upper respiratory tract, GIT

161
Q

Klebsiella pneumoniae: Transmission

A

aspiration, inhalation, ascending spread of fecal flora

162
Q

Klebsiella pneumoniae: Diseases

A

Necrotizing Pneumonia, UTI

163
Q

Thick, bloody sputum (currant jelly), usually nosocomial

A

Necrotizing Pneumonia (Klebsiella pneumoniae)

164
Q

Most common cause of pneumonia in alcoholics

A

Klebsiella pneumoniae

165
Q

Klebsiella pneumoniae: Treatment

A

culture-guided, Cephalosporins ± Aminoglycosides

166
Q

Non-lactose fermenting gram (-) rods, swarming, oxidase (-) H2S producer, urease (+), facultative

A

Proteus mirabilis

167
Q

Urease hydrolyzes the urea in urine to form ammonia, raises pH producing alkaline urine, encourages the formation of struvite stones (magnesium-ammonium-phosphate)

A

Proteus mirabilis

168
Q

UTI associated with nephrolithiasis, staghorn calculi form on renal calyces

A

Complicated UTI (Proteus mirabilis)

169
Q

Proteus mirabilis: Treatment

A

TMP, Ampicillin, Quinolones (Philippines), surgery for large stones

170
Q

Non-lactose fermenting gram (-) rods, oxidase (+), H2S non-producer, obligate aerobes, pyocyanin (blue-green), sweet grape-like odor, Cetrimide agar

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

171
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Location

A

environmental water sources (hospital respirators and humidifiers, “sterile” fluids), skin, upper respiratory tract, colon (10%)

172
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Transmission

A

water aerosols, aspiration, fecal contamination

173
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Virulence Factors

A

endotoxin, exotoxin A, elastase, proteases, pyocyanin, verdoglobin

174
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Factors: Tissue necrosis, inactivates EF-2, type III secretion system facilitates exotoxin transfer

A

Exotoxin A

175
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Factors: Damages the cilia and mucosal cells

A

Pyocyanin

176
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence Factors: Hemoglobin breakdown

A

Verdoglobin

177
Q

Burn wound infections, hot tub folliculitis, skin graft loss, green nail syndrome, puncture wound osteomyelitis, pubic osteomyelitis (IV drug abusers), otitis externa (malignant in diabetics), chronic suppurative otitis media

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

178
Q

Most common cause of otitis externa (malignant in diabetics), chronic suppurative otitis media

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

179
Q

VAP, high-risk CAP, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, typhitis (necrotizing enterocolitis), Shanghai fever (milder form of typhoid), peritonitis (peritoneal dialysis), UTI

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

180
Q

3rd most common cause of nosocomial UTIs

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

181
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis: Hemorrhagic lesions

A

ecthyma gangrenosum

182
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sepsis: Leukemia or lymphoma post chemo- or radiation therapy, severe burns

A

febrile neutropenia

183
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Treatment Combinations

A

Ceftazidime + Amikacin, Piperacillin + Amikacin, Azlocillin + Ciprofloxacin

184
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Treatment for refractory cases

A

Rifampin

185
Q

Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Prevention

A

disinfection of water-related equipment, hand washing, prompt removal of catheters

186
Q

Gram (-) rods, predominant anaerobe of the human colon, bowel trauma, perforation or surgery

A

Bacteroides fragilis

187
Q

Infections commonly due to combinations of bacteria in synergistic pathogenicity, LPS with low endotoxic activity, capsule (antiphagocytic and anticomplement), foul-smelling discharge, short-chain FA products

A

Bacteroides fragilis

188
Q

Bacteroides fragilis: Diseases

A

abdominal and cerebral abscesses, peritonitis

189
Q

Bacteroides fragilis: Treatment

A

Metronidazole, Clindamycin, Cefoxitin, surgical drainage of abscess