INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Question 1

BLOOD CULTURES

NON-SIGNIFICANT MICROORGANISMS

Answer 1

COAGULASE-NEGATIVE STAPH

Question 2

BLOOD CULTURES

COLLECTION ORDER

Answer 2

1. ANAEROBIC BOTTLE (PURPLE)

2. AEROBIC BOTTLE

Question 3

BLOOD CULTURES

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI

Answer 3

STAPH

STREP

Question 4

BLOOD CULTURES

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI IN CLUSTERS

Answer 4

STAPH AUREUS
COAGULASE-NEGATIVE STAPH (USUALLY A CONTAMINANT, BUT MAY BE SIGNIFICANT IF PATIENT HAS PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES, CVCS OR PICCS, OR IS IMMUNOSUPPRESSED)

Question 5

BLOOD CULTURES

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI IN CHAINS

Answer 5

STREP (CONTAMINANT OR PATHOGEN)

ENTEROCOCCI

Question 6

BLOOD CULTURES

GRAM NEGATIVE COCCI

Answer 6

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS

Question 7

BLOOD CULTURES

GRAM POSITIVE RODS

Answer 7

SKIN FLORA (CONTAMINANT)
LISTERIA

Question 8

BLOOD CULTURES

GRAM NEGATIVE RODS

Answer 8

MICROORGANISMS FROM BOWEL, URINE OR LINES

Question 9

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI IN CLUSTERS

ANTIBIOTICS

Answer 9

FLUCLOXACILLIN OR CEPHAZOLIN

VANC IF HIGH-RISK OF MRSA OR PENICILLIN ALLERGY

Question 10

GRAM POSITIVE COCCI IN CHAINS

ANTIBIOTICS

Answer 10

AMPICILLIN OR BENZYLPENICILLIN

VANC IF PENICILLIN ALLERGY

Question 11

GRAM NEGATIVE RODS

ANTIBIOTICS

Answer 11

CEFTRIAXONE, GENT, TAZOCIN OR CIPROFLOXACIN DEPENDING ON SOURCE AND ALLERGIES