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1
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Pus, empyema, abscess

A

S. aureus

2
Q

Pediatric infection

A

H. influenzae (including epiglottitis)

3
Q

Pneumonia in cystic fibrosis, burn infection

A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

4
Q

Branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

A

Actinomyces israelii

5
Q

Traumatic open wound

A

Clostridium perfringens

6
Q

Surgical wound

A

S. aureus

7
Q

Dog or cat bite

A

Pasteurella multocida

8
Q

Currant jelly sputum

A

Klebsiella

9
Q

Positive PAS stain

A

Tropheryma whippelii (Whipple’s disease)

10
Q

Sepsis/meningitis in newborn

A

Group B strep

11
Q

(infection in) Health care provider

A

HBV (from needle stick)

12
Q

Fungal infections in diabetic or immunocompromised patient

A

Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

13
Q

Asplenic patient

A

Encapsulated microbes, SHiN SKiS Strep pneumo, H. influenzae type B, N. meningitidis Salmonella, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Group B Streptococci

14
Q

Chronic granulomatous disease

A

Catalase-positive microbes - S.aureus, Pseudomonas cepacia, Serratia marcescens, Nocardia spp., Aspergillus

15
Q

Neutropenic patients

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Candida albicans (systemic), Aspergillus

16
Q

Bilateral Bell’s palsy

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Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)