cooldudemle
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Match the clinical description with the most likely organism:
a- Strep. Pneumoniae
b- Staph. Aureus
c- Strep. Viridans
d- Providentia stuartii
e- Actinomyces israelii
f- Hemophilus ducreyi
g- Neisseria meningitides
h- Listeria monocytogene
1- 30 y/o female with MVP, MR develops fever, anorexia & weight loss after a dental procedure
2- 80 y/o male hospitalized for hip Fx, has foley cath. in place, develops shaking chills, fever & hypotension.
3- young man develops painless, fluctuant, purplish lesion over mandible, after several weeks cutaneous fistula is noted.
4- sickle cell patient presents with high fever, toxicity signs of pneumonia & stiff neck.
please give some reason or reference to make it clear
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| mjl1717
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1)viridians is the s. mutans and s. dextrans group
2)s aureus which is opportunistic
3)Actinomyces known for sulfur granule
4)strep pneumonia encapsulated organism is assoc. with sickle cell
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| kmp
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Agree with mjl1717
1) c) S. Viridians
2) b) S. Aureus
3) e) Actinomyces
4) a) Strep pneumonia
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| PKG
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the answer to 4
i was thinking
sickle cell anemia......toxic patient with stiff neck
why not neisseria meningitidis meningitis?
any one please reply
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| chemamr
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1c,2b,3e,4a.
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