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normal flora dominant - skin / nose / oropharynx / dental plaque, colon, vagina

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skin –> S. epidermidis
nose –> S. epidermidis, colonized by S. aureus
oropharynx: viridans
dental plaque: S. mutans
colon: Bacteroid fragilis > E. coli
vagina: lactobacillus, colonized by E. coli and group B strep

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Foods poisoning - bugs (and source)

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  1. B. cereus (reheated rice)
  2. C. botulinum (inproperly canned foods, raw honey)
  3. C. perfingerns (reheated meat)
  4. E. coli O157:H7 (undercooked meat)
  5. Salmonealla (poultry, meat eggs)
  6. S aureus (meats, mayonnaise, custard) –> preformed toxin
  7. V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus (contaminated food)
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Beside food poisoning, V. vulnificus can cause

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wound infection from contact with contaminated water or shellfish

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Bags that cause bloody diarrhea

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  1. campylobacter jejuni
  2. E. histolytica
  3. EHEC
  4. EIEC
  5. Salmonella
  6. Shigella
  7. Y. enterocolitica
  8. C difficile
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salmonella source

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eggs, pets, turtles,

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Y. enterocolitica - situations

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day care oubreaks

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Y. enterocolitica causes

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  1. bloody diarrhea

2. pseudoappendicitis

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bacillary dysentery is caused by

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shigella

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Watery diarrhea - bacs

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  1. C difficile
  2. C. pefringens
  3. ETEC
  4. Protoza (giardia, Cryptosporidium)
  5. V cholerae
  6. Viruses (Rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus)
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Viruses that causes watery diarrhea

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Rotavirus, norovirus, adenovirus

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common cuase of pneumonia in neonates (less than 4 weeks)

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  1. S. agalactiae

2. E. coli

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common cuase of pneumonia in children (4wks - 18yr) (in order)

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  1. viruses (RSV)
  2. mycoplasma
  3. C. trachomatis (infants - 3 years)
  4. C. pneumoniae (school-aged children)
    S. pneumoniae
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common cuase of pneumonia in adults (18-40yr) (in order)

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  1. mycoplasma
  2. C. pneumoniae
  3. S. pneumoniae
  4. viruses (eg. influenza)
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common cuase of pneumonia in adults (40-65yr) (in order)

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  1. S. pneumoniae
  2. H. infuenzae
  3. Anaerobes
  4. viruses
    5, Mycoplasma
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common cuase of pneumonia in elderly (in order)

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  1. S. pneumoniae
  2. Influenza virus
  3. Anaerobes
  4. H Influenzae
  5. Gram (-) robs
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pneumonia in alcoholics/iv drug users - bugs

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S. pneumoniae, klebsiella, S. aureus, anaerobes

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pneumonia with aspiration - bugs

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anaerobes

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atypical pneumonia - bugs

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mycoplasma, legionella, chlamydia

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pneumonia with cystic fibrosis

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pseudomonas (adolscent), s. aureus (infants),
s. pneumoniae
+ Burkholderia cepacia

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postviral pneumonia - bugs

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s. aureus, H. infuenzae, S pneumoniae

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Nosocomial (hostpital acquired) pneumonia - bugs

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s. aureus, Pseudomonas, other enteric gram (-) negative robs

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pneumonia in immunocompromised

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s. aureus, enteric gram-negative robs, fungi, viruses, P. jirovecii (with HIV)

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common cause of meningitis in newborn (0-6months) (in order)

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  1. Group B streptococci
  2. E. coli
  3. Listeria
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common cause of meningitis in children (6months-6yr) (in order)

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  1. S. pneumoniae
  2. N. meningitis
  3. H. influenzae type B
  4. Enteroviruses
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common cause of meningitis in 6-60 years (in order)
1. S. pneumoniae 2. N. meningitis (1st in teens) 3. Enteroviruses 4. HSV
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common cause of meningitis in 60+ (in order)
1. S. pneumoniae 2. Gram - robs 3. Listeria
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meningitis - how to treat
give ceftriaxone + vancomycin (empirically) | add ampicillin if Listeria is suspected
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viral causes of meningitis
1. enteroviruses (esp coxsackievirus) 2. HSV-2 3. HIV 4. West Nile virus (also causes encephalitis) 5. VZV
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West Nile virus causes
encephalitis and meningitis
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HSV causes (on CNS)
HSV-1 --> encephalitis | HSV-2 --> meningitis
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H. influenzae - meningitis?
incidence has decreased greatly with indroduction of the conjugate. H. influenzae vaccine in last 10-15 yrs. Today, cases are usually seen in unimmunized children
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CSF findings in bacterial meningitis
1. Increased opening pressure 2. increased PMNs 3. increased protein 4. decreased sugar
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CSF findings in fungal meningitis
1. Increased opening pressure 2. increased lymphocytes 3. increased protein 4. decreased sugar
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CSF findings in viral meningitis
1. normal/Increased opening pressure 2. increased lymphocytes 3. normal/increased protein 4. normal sugar
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CSF findings in TB meningitis
1. Increased opening pressure 2. increased lymphocytes 3. increased protein 4. decreased sugar
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infections causing brain abscess - most commonly by
Viridans streptococci and S. aureus
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infections causing brain abscess - if dental infection - bugs?
oral anaerobes
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infections causing brain abscess - if extraction precedes abscess
oral anaerobes
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infections causing brain abscess - Multiple abscess are usually from
bacteremia
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infections causing brain abscess - single lesion from contiguous sites - sites (and area of the brail lesion)
1. otitis media --> temporal lobe and cerebellum 2. mastoiditis --> temporal lobe and cerebellum 3. sinusitis --> frontal lobe 4. dental infection --> frontal lobe
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MCC of osteomyelitis
S. aureus
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osteomyelitis associated with IV drug use - bugs
1. pseudomonas 2. Candida 3. S. aureus
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osteomyelitis associated with sickle cell anemia - bugs | osteomyelitis associated with cat and dog bites - bugs
SC anemia: salmonella and S. aureus | dog: pasteruella multocida
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osteomyelitis associated with sexually active - bugs
``` Neisseria gonorrhoeae (RARE) septic arthritis more common ```
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osteomyelitis associated with prosthetic joint replacement - bugs
S. aureus and S. epidermidis
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osteomyelitis with vertebral involvement - bugs
S. aureus | M. tuberculosis (Pott disease)
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osteomyelitis - test for diagnosis (and characteristics)
1. elevated CRP (nonspecific) 2. elevated sedimentation rate (nonspecific) 3. MRI --> best for detecting acute infection and detailing anatomic involvement 4. Radiographs --> insensitive early but can be useful in chronic osteomyelitis
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Sexual transmitted infections - bugs and diseases
1. HIV --> aids 2. Haemophilus ducreyi --> Chancroid 3. Chlamydia trachomatis (D-K) 4. HPV --> Condylomata acuminata (6 + 11) 5. HSV-2 (less commonly HSV-1) --> Genital herpes 6. Neisseria gonorrhoeae --> Gonorrhea 7. HBV --> Hepatitis B 8. Clamydia trachomatis (L1-L3) --> Lymphogranuloma venereum 9. Treponema pallidum --> syphilis 10. Trichomonas vaginalis --> Trichomoniasis 11. HHV-8 --> kaposi sarcoma
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Condylomata acuminata are caused by / special feature in biopsy
HPV-6 and HPV-11 | koilocytes
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Chancroid is caused by .... | clinical features
Haemophilus ducreyi | Painful genital ulcer with exudate, inguinal adenopathy
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genital herpes are caused by? clinical features
- HSV-2 (Less commonly HSV-1) - Painful penile, vulvar or cervical vesicles, and ulcers - can also cause systemic symptoms (fever, headache, myalgia)
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Rashes in childhood - bugs and disease
1. Coxsackievirus type A --> Hand-foot-mounth disease 2. HHV-6 (Less commonly HHV-7)--> Roseola (exannthem subitum or 6th disease) 3. Measles virus --> Measles (rubeola) 4. B19 --> Erythema infectiosum (Slapped cheek, 5th disease) 5. Rubella virus --> Rubella (German measles) 6. S. pyogenes --> Scarlet fever 7. VZV --> chickenpox
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Hand-foot-month disease is caused by? clinical presentation
Coxsackievirus type A OVAL-haped vesicles on palms and soles vesicles and ulcers in oral mucosa
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Rubeola is caused by? clinical presentation
Beginning at head and moving down (maculopapular). Rash is preceded by cough, coryza, conjuctivitis, and blue white (Koplik) sptos on buccal mucosa
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Scarlet fever is caused by? clinical presentation
Streptococcus pyogenes | Erythematus sandpaper-like rash with fever and sore throat
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Chickenpox is caused by? clinical presentation
VZV | vesicular rash begins on trunk --> spreads to face and extremities with lesions of DIFFERENT STAGES
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Bugs affecting unimmunized children (group with symptoms)
``` RASH 1. Rubella 2. Measles Meningitis 1. H. influenzae type B 2. Polioviris Epiglottitis H. influenzae type B Pharyngitis 1. C. diptheriae) ```
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Epiglotitis is caused by/clinical presentation/findings etc
H. influenzae type B Fever with dysphagia, drooling and difficulty breathing due to edematous "cherry red" epiglottis Thumbprint sign on X-ray
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H. influenzae type B mediated Epiglotitis - immunization
it usually protects but H. influenzae type B is also capable to of causing epiglottitis in fully immunized children
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pelvic inflammatory disease is caused by - bugs (and onset)
``` Chlamydia trachimatis (sabacute --> OFTEN UNDIAGNOSED) Neisseria gonorrhoeae (acute) ```
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MCC bacterial sexuall trasnmited infection in US
Chlamydia trachimatis
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pelvic inflammatory disease - clinical findings
1. purulent cervical discharge | 2. Cervical motion tenderness (Chadnderier sign)
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pelvic inflammatory disease may include
1. saplingitis 2. endometritis 3. hydrosalpinx 4. tubo-ovarian abscess
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salpingitis is a risk factor for
1. ectopic pregnancy 2. infertility 3. chronic pelvic pain 4. adhension
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pelvic inflammatory disease can lead to (explain)
FItz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome: infection of the liver capsule and "violin string" adhesion of peritoneum to liver
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Common vaginal infections - types and bugs
1. Bacterial vaginosis (Gardnerella vaginalis) 2. Thrichomoniasis (trichomonas vaginalis) 3. Candida vulvovaginitis (Candida)
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Common vaginal infections - treatment
1. Bacterial vaginosis --> metronidazole/clinddamycin 2. Thrichomoniasis --> metronidazole (also treat sexual partner) 3. Candida vulvovaginitis --> -azoles
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Common vaginal infections - labs
1. Bacterial vaginosis --> clue cells, ph>4.5, amine whiff test (mixing discharge with 10% KOH enhance, fishy odor 2. Thrichomoniasis --> motile trichomonas, ph>4.5 3. Candida vulvovaginitis --> pseudohyphae, ph normal (4-4.5)
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Common vaginal infections - signs and symptoms
1. Bacterial vaginosis --> no inflammation, thin white discharge with fishy odor 2. Thrichomoniasis --> inflammation (strawberry cervix), frothy, grey geen, foul smeeling discharge 3. Candida vulvovaginitis --> inflammation, thick white cottage cheese discharge
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Common vaginal infections - discharge
1. Bacterial vaginosis --> thin, white with fishy odor 2. Thrichomoniasis --> frothy, grey green, foul smelling dishcarge 3. Candida vulvovaginitis - thick, white cottage cheese discharge
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Candida vulvovaginitis - predisposition
1. diabetes | 2. antibiotics
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Cystitis - symptoms
1. dysuria 2. Frequenct 3. Urgency 4. Suprapubic pain 5. WBCs (not casts) in urine)
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Cystitis is primarily caused by (not bugs, mechanism)
ascension of microbes from urethra to bladder
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Cystitis in males (mechanism)
infacts --> congenital defects, vesicoulateral refulx | elderly --> enlarged prostate
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pyelonephritis - symptoms
1. fever 2. chills 3. Flank pain 4. Costovertebral angle tenderness 5. Hematuria 6. WBC casts in urine
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UTI - men vs women (why)
ten times more common in women: shorter urethras colonized by fecal flora
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UTI - predisposing factors
1. women 2. obstruction 3. kidney surgery 4. catheterization 5. GU malformation 6. diabetes 7. pregnancy
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UTI - diagnostic markers
1. + leukocyte esterase --> WBC activity 2. + Nitrate test --> reduction of urinary nitrates by bacterial species (eg. E. coli) 3. + Urease test --> urease-producing bags (eg. Proteus, klebsiella)
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UTI - --> + Nitrate test -->
reduction of urinary nitrates by bacterial species (eg. E. coli)
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UTI - bags
1. E. Coli 2. S. saprophyticus 3. Klebsiella pneumoniae 4. Serratia marcescens 5. Enterococcus 6. Proteus mirabilis 7. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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3 MCC of UTI (in order)
1. E. Coli 2. S. saprophyticus 3. Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Proteus mirabilis - appearance | Klebsiella pneumoniae - appearance
proteus: Motility causes swarming on agar klebsiella: large mucoid capsule and viscous colonies
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Serratia marcescens - special features (2)
1. red pigment (some stains) | 2. often nosocomial and drug resistance
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enteroccocus - special features
often nosocomial and drug resistance
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Proteus mirabilis - beside UTI is also associated with
struvite stones
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa - - special features (2)
1. Bleu-green pigment and fruity odor | 2. often nosocomial and drug resistance
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Congenital infections - definition / transmission
microbes that may pass from mother to fetus: | 1. transplacental (MC) 2. delivery
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Non-specific signs of congenital infection
1. hepatosplenomegaly 2. jaundice 3. thrombocytopenia 4. growth retardation
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Congenital infections - bugs
ToRCHeS infections: (+ other) 1. Toxoplasma gondi 2. Rubella 3. CMV 4. HIV 5. HSV-2 6. Syphilis 7. S. agalactiae 8. E.coli 9. Listeria, 10. B19
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Toxoplasma gondi - maternal manifestation
asymptomatic | lympadenopathy (rarely)
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Toxoplasma gondi - neonatal manifestation
classic triad: 1. chorioretinitis 2. hydrocephalus 3. intracranial calcifications +/- blueberry muffin rash
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Rubella - neonatal manifestation
classic triad: 1. PDA (or pulmonary artery stenosis, or septal defects) 2. Hearing loss 3. Deafness +/- blueberry muffin rash
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CMV - neonatal manifestation
1. hearing loss 2. seizures 3. petechial rash 4. blueberry muffin rash 5. periventricular calcifications
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HIV - neonatal calcification
1. Reccurent diarrhea | 2. chronic diarrhea
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HSV -2 neonatal manifestation
1. encephalitis | 2. herpetic (vesicular) lesions
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syphilis - neonatal manifestation
OFTEN RESILTS IN STILLBIRTH, HYDROPS FETALIS 1. facial abnormalities 2. snuffles (nasal discharge) 3. saddle nose 4. notched (Hutchinson) teeth 5. mulberry molars 6. short maxilla 7. saber shins 8. CN VIII deafness
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infection in asplenic patients
``` encapsuled microbes (S. pneum>H. inf type b> N. meningitis) babesia ```
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Chronic granoulomatous disease - infection?
Catalase + (esp S. aureus)
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infection in neutropenic patients
1. Candida (systemic) 2. Aspergilus 3. Mucor 4. Rhizopus
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nosocomial infection - water aerosols - pathogen nosocomial infection - renal dialysis unit nosocomial infection - needle-stick
water: legionella | renal dialyisis + needle-stick: HBV
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nosocomial infection - urinary catheterization - pathogens
E. coli klebsiella Proteus
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nosocomial infection - intravascular catheters - pathogens
s. aureus (including MRSA), s. epidermides (Long term), Enterobacter
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nosocomial infection - Decubitus ulcers, surgical wound drains
S. aureus (including MRSA), gram (-) anaerobes
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nosocomial infection - mechanical ventilation, endotracheal intubation - pathogens
P. aeruginosa, Klebsiella, Acinetobacter, S.aureus
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nosocomial infection - altered mental status - old age, aspiration - pathogens and findings
gram (-) often anaerobes, polymicrobal | right lower lobe infiltrate or right upper/middle lobe (patient recumbent), purulent malodorous sputum
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traumatic open wound - bug
Clostiriduim pefringens
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Infection control techniques - goals
reduction of pathogenic organism counts to safe levels (disinfection) and the inactivation of self-propagating biological entities (sterilization)
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disinfection?
reduction of pathogenic organism counts to safe levels
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sterilization
inactivation of self-propagating biological entities
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Infection control techniques - types and definitions
1. Autoclave: pressurized steam at >120c. May be sporicidal 2. Alcohols: denature proteins and disrupt cell membranes. Not sporocidal 3. Chlorhexidine: denature proteins and disrupt cell membranes. Not sporocidal 4. Hydrogen peroxide: Free radical radiation. Sporocidal 5. Iodine and iodophors: Halogenation of DNA, RNA and proteins. May be sporicidal
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Infection control techniques - sporocidal
1. autoclave (may be) 2 Free radical radiation 3. Iodine and iodophors (May be)
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Ectoparasites - bugs / treatment
1. Scabies (sarcoptes scabiei) --> pemethrin cream, washing/drying all cothing, bedding, treat close contacts 2. Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis) --> Pyrethroids, malathion or ivermectin lotion, and nit combing
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Anti-mite/louse therapy - drugs and mechanism of action
1. Pemethrin --> blocks Na+ ch --> neurotoxicity 2. Malathion --> acetylcholinesterase inhibitor 3. Lindane --> blocks GABA ch --> neurotoxicity
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Scabies (sarcoptes scabiei) - epidimiology / transmission
common in children, crowded populations (jails, nuesing homes) trasmission through fomites
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Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis) can transmit
1. Ricketsia prowazekii (epidemic typhus) 2. Borreia recurrentis (relpapsing fever) 3. Bartonella quintana (trench fever)
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Ectoparasites - bugs / mechanism
1. Scabies (sarcoptes scabiei) --> Mites that burrow into the stratum corneum and cause pruritus and cause pruritus 2. Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis) --> blood-sucking insects that prefer to live on clothing
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Scabies (sarcoptes scabiei) - epidimiology / transmission
common in children, crowded populations (jails, nuesing homes) trasmission through fomites
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Ectoparasites - bugs / manifestation
1. Scabies (sarcoptes scabiei) --> causes serpiginous burrows (lines) in wedscape of hands and feet 2. Lice (Pediculus humanus/Phthirus pubis) --> intense pruritus, pink macules and papules commonly in intertiginous regions
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