Bug Hints (if all else fails)

Question 1

Pus, empyema, abscess

Answer 1

S. aureus

Question 2

Pediatric infection

Answer 2

Haemophilus influenzae (including epiglottitis)

Question 3

Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection

Answer 3

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 4

Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

Answer 4

Actinomyces israelii

Question 5

Traumatic open wound

Answer 5

Clostridium perfringens

Question 6

Surgical wound

Answer 6

S. aureus

Question 7

Dog or cat bite

Answer 7

Pasteurella multocida

Question 8

“Currant jelly” sputum

Answer 8

Klebsiella

Question 9

Positive PAS stain

Answer 9

Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple’s disease)

Question 10

Sepsis/meningitis in newborn

Answer 10

Group B strep

Question 11

Health care provider

Answer 11

HBV (from needle stick)

Question 12

Fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised patient

Answer 12

Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

Question 13

Asplenic patient

Answer 13

Encapsulated microbes, especially SHin (S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae type B, N. meningitidis)

Question 14

Chronic granulomatous disease

Answer 14

Catalase-positive microbes, especially S. aureus

Question 15

Neutropenic patients

Answer 15

Candida albicans (systemic), Aspergillus

Question 16

Facial nerve palsy

Answer 16

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)