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GI - what are the organisms causing bacterial gastroenteritis?

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salmonella (food ) - self limiting
salmonella typhi and salmonella parathyphi (water- borne or person or person and its imported infection) - self limiting
shigella (person to person) - self limiting
campylobacter jejuni (food - chicken) - self limiting
vibrio - raw seafood - self limiting
clostridium difficile - antibiotic exposure - can n lead to colitis/ toxin megacolon/ death

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GE - what are the organisms for viral gastroenteritis?

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norovirus
rotavirus
adenovirus

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GE - what sample to send for the bacteria organisms except for clostridium difficile?

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stool for culture and sensitivity

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GE - how long is the turnaround time for stool culture and sensitivity?

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24-48hours

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GE - what is the sample to send for clostridium difficile?

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stool for c diff toxin - culture is not performed

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GE - what are the sample to send for viral ge?

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stool - culture is not performed

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GE - peritonitis what are the organisms?

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coliforms
pseudomonas aeruginosa
anaerobes
candida
plastic tube insert via urethra - skin flora bacteria or other environmental bacteria

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GE - causes of peptic ulcer dieases ?

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Hy pylori

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GE - what organism causes enteric fever or typhoid fever?

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salmonella typhi or salmonella paratyphi - antibiotic must be given

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GE - too many courses of antibiotics can lead to?

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c diff

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FUNGI - what is candida?

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it is a yeast

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FUNGI - what is candidiasis?

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normal flora over growth

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FUNGI - what are the predisposing factors of candidiasis?

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antibiotics, immunocompromised and infancy, old age or pregnancy

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FUNGI - what to do in candidiasis?

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stop antibiotics, remove central lines and do blood cultures

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FUNGI - what is oral candidiasis called?

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oral thrush

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FUNGI - what does dermatophytes do?

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they digest keratin - skin (scaly skin), hair (broken shafts), and nails (white, opaque, thick, and brittle)

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FUNGI - how does apergillosis affect the lung signs or symptoms?

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deep breathing, SOB

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FUNGI - who does pneumocystis jiroveci affect?

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lung infections in immunocompromised
common in HIV/AIDS patient

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AMR - as per the jim o’neill amr report in 2050 what will cause more death in the world?

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AMR - antimicrobial resistance

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AMR - what is antimicrobial stewardship?

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Antibiotic stewardship is the effort to optimize how antibiotics are used and is a core strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance.

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other infections - what are the 3 different clostridium species?

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clostridium
perfringens
tetani
botulism

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other infections - where is clostridium tetani found?

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animal faeces or contaminated soil

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other infections - what is the cause of tetanus?

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superficial cut or contaminated splinter

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other infections - how does clostridium tetani present?

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stiffness, lockjaw, sardonic grin, opisthotonus ( extreme arching of the back)

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other infections - what os the cause of clostridium botulinum?
severe or often fatal food poisoning
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other infections - clinical features of clostridium botulinum?
double vision, drooping eyelids, descending motor loss with flaccid paralysis, speech and swallowing difficulties and breathing difficulties
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other infections - what organism cause meliodosis infection and is known as the vietnamese time bomb?
burkholderia pseudomallei
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other infections - how does leptospirosis (involves rodents) spread?
urine of infected animals
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other infections - leptospirosis clinical features?
jaundice and red eyes
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other infections - what is the serious health implication of toxoplasmosis ( from cat shit) ?
mother to child - congenital - miscarriage - still born child - the child can have toxoplasmosis signs
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other infections - intestinal roundworms how to diagnose?
ova, cyst and parasite - stool
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IPC - types of transmission?
contact, droplet and airborne - standard precautions
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IPC - what is standard precaution?
first tier of infection control reduces the risk of transmission of blood-borne and other pathogens
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IPC - what does green and canvas linen trolley means?
for normal soiled linen
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IPC - what does orange linen trolley mean?
grossly blood contaminated linen
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IPC - what does red linen trolley mean?
water-soluble bag - linen from SARS,COVID 19 etc cases
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IPC - for contact precaution what do u do? isolation
single bed or cohort cubicle - MRSA, vre or cprcre
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IPC - for droplet precaution what do u do? isolation
single bed - influenza, mumps, rubella
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IPC - for airborne precaution what do u do? isolation
single and negative pressure room - measles, chicken pox, tb
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IPC - for protective precaution what do u do? isolation
single bed and positive pressure room - severely immunocompromised
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IPC - for full precaution what do u do? isolation
single bed and negative pressure - HCID
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a pregnant mum, giving birth to a stillborn baby. before delivery - Mum was experiencing fever and flu-like symptoms, 2 wks after consuming 'farm-to-table, all-natural' unpasteurized milk. what pathogen caused this?
listeria monocytogenes
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common organism for all 3 conditions of brain abscess, liver abscess, and endocarditis is?
alpha haem strep
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staph aureus can cause?
toxic shock syndrome
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a 55-year-old renal transplant patient with suspected bacterial meningitis, after consuming deli meat? what organism it is? deli meat - listeria
listeria monocytogenes
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important gram neg strict anaerobe, GI surgeons antibiotic Regime always cover this and it is found in the Gi tract?
Bacteroides fragillia
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UTI - what are the types of UTI?
cystitis - bladder downwards infection polynephritis - kidney upwards infection catheter-associated UTI
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UTI - what is the diagnosis tests done for cystitis?
midstream urine culture bag urine and suprapubic urine - for children catheter sample
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UTI - what are the diagnosis tests done for polynephritis?
midstream urine culture bag urine and suprapubic urine - for children catheter sample blood culture - if septic
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UTI - what are the organisms involved in UTI (KEEPP Candida)?
gram negative klebsiella pnuemoniae e-coli - commonest enterobacter proteus - associated with kidney stone pseudomonas aeruginosa fungi - candida
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UTI - why is there fungi ( candida) present?
due to antibiotic exposure
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UTI - what is the treatment for cystitis and CAUTI?
PO antibiotics - 3-7 days
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UTI - what is the treatment for pyelonephritis?
IV antibiotics - 7-14days
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UTI - what is asymptomatic bacteriuria?
the culture results is more than 100000 CFU/ml but the patient is asymptomatic - common in 65 years old and above. DO NOT TREAT WITH ANTIBIOTICS except pregnant women or patients undergoing procedures urological
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UTI - who is given long-term antibiotic prophylaxis?
children with recurrent UTI and risk of renal scarring patients who are frequently affected by UTI affecting quality fo life
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RESPI - what are the 3 different types of pulmonary infections?
community-acquired pneumonia hospital-acquired pneumonia ventilator associated pneumonia
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RESPI - what are the organisms associated with CAP?
streptococcus pneumonia Haemophilus influenza staph aureus influenza - virus
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RESPI - what are the organisms associated with HAP?
pseudomonas aeruginosa MRSA coliforms
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RESPI - what are the organisms associated with VAP?
pseudomonas aeruginosa MRSA coliforms
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RESPI - what are the samples to send?
sputum endotracheal aspirate - ETA bronchio alveolar lavage (BAL)
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RESPI - if there is a high count of epithelial cells, this indicates the sample is poorly taken and the result is unreliable. true or false?
true
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RESPI - what are the empirical antibiotic for CAP?
augmentin and ceftriaxone
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RESPI - severe MRSA infection what IV is given?
IV vancomycin
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RESPI - what are the tests performed?
gram stain, culture and sensitivity and PCR - as viral culture is not performed
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SKIN - what organisms cause cellulitis/impetigo?
staph aureus beta haemolytic strep
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SKIN - what organisms cause erysipelas? - the face one
group a strep
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SKIN - type 1 necrotizing fasciitis organism?
polymicrobial
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SKIN - type 2 necrotizing fasciitis organism?
staph aureus
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SKIN - gas gangrene caused by?
clostridium perifenges
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SKIN - acute diabetic foot ulcer organism caused?
staph aureus or streptococci
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SKIN - chronic diabetic foot ulcer organisms caused by?
gram neg or gram neg and pos
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SKIN - infections such as septic arthritis/osteomyelitis/discitis organism caused?
staph aureus

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