Bug Hints

Question 1

Pus, empyema, abscess

Answer 1

S. aureus

Question 2

Pediatric infection

Answer 2

Haemophilus influenzae

Question 3

Pneumonia in CF and burn infections

Answer 3

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 4

Branching rods in oral infection or yellow 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 whippelii (Whipple Disease)

Question 10

Sepsis/meningitis in newborn

Answer 10

Group B strep

Question 11

Health care providers

Answer 11

HBV (needle sticks)

Question 12

Fungal infection in diabetics

Answer 12

Micor or Rhizopus species

Question 13

Asplenic patient

Answer 13

Encapsulated microbes (SHiN - S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae, and N. meningitidis)

Question 14

Chronic granulomatous disease

Answer 14

Catalase Positive microbs (ex. S. aureus, Nocardia, and Aspergillus species)

Question 15

Neutropenic Patients

Answer 15

Candida albicans (systemic) and Aspergillus

Question 16

Bilateral Bell’s Palsy

Answer 16

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme Disease)
B - Bilateral Bell's Palsy
A - Arthritis
K - "Kardiac" Block, 3rd Degree
E - Erythema migrans