Samples Flashcards
What samples are seen for Staphylococcus?
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Skin swab
Pus specimen
Wound swab
Blood -> blood cultures for BSI
Sputum
Urine
N. gonorrhoeae
Genital
- urethral exudates
- cervical swabs
- rectal swabs
- pharyngeal swabs
- joint fluid
N. meningitidis
CSF
Blood culture
Skin scrapings
Nasopharyngeal swab (carriage)
M. catarrhalis
Ear swabs/effusions
Sputum
Haemophilus specimens
CSF
Blood
Sputum
Middle ear aspirates
Nasopharyngeal swabs for carriage
Eye swabs - H. aegy[tius
Genital swabs -> H. ducreyi
Pasteurella multocida
Pus from skin/tissue infection
B. pertussis
Nasopharyngeal swab
Cough plates
Charcoal transport swab
Group B streps (s. agalactiae)
Urine sample UTI
Blood cultures BSI
CSF
S. pyogenes
Throat swabs
Pus
Skin
S. pneumoniae
Sputum
Pleural fluid
Lung aspirate
Pus
CSF
Blood
Enterococcus
Urine samples - UTI
Blood cultures - BSI
Pus
Screening for carriage
- rectal swab
Environmental swab
- hospital surfaces
Shigella
Faeces sample
Salmonella
Enteric fever (typhi or paratyphi)
- blood culture
- faeces
- urine
- bone marrow aspirate
Gastroenteritis (food poisoning)
- Faeces
Proteus:
mid stream urine
Yersinia
Plague
- FNA from axillary/inguinal lymph nodes
- animal tissue
- sputum (pneumonic plague)
Food poisoning:
- faeces
- Blood culture in elderly
