Microbe hints if all else fails

Question 1

Pus, empyema, abscess

Answer 1

S. Aureus

Question 2

Pediatric infections

Answer 2

H. flu, including epiglottitis

Question 3

Pneumonia in CF or burn pt

Answer 3

P. Aeruginosa

Question 4

Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

Answer 4

Actinomyces israelli

Question 5

Traumatic open wound

Answer 5

Clostridium Perfingens

Question 6

Surgical wound

Answer 6

S. Aureus

Question 7

Dog or Cat bite

Answer 7

Pasturella 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 from needle stick

Answer 11

HBV

Question 12

Fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised pt

Answer 12

Mucor or Rhizopus spp

Question 13

Asplenic pt

Answer 13

Encapsulated microbes SHiN skis

S. pneumoniae, H. Influenza type B, N meningitidis, Salmonella, Klebsiella, GBS

Question 14

Chronic graulomatous disease

Answer 14

Catalase positie microbes esp S. Aureus

Question 15

Neurtropenic patients

Answer 15

Candida Albicans

Question 16

Facial Nerve Palsy

Answer 16

Borrelia Burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

Question 17

C5-C9 deficiency

Answer 17

Recurrent Nisseria bacteremia