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Microbio:CommonCause
USMLE Step 1
Pathology | Bug |
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Exudative tonsillitis | viruse (#1 is EBV) |
Rhinitis | rhinovirus |
Acute sinusitis | viruse, eg Strept pneumoniae |
Otitis media | Streptococcus pneumoniae & Hemophilus influenzae |
Malignant otitis externa | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Acute bronchitis | rhinovirus |
Nosocomial (hospital acquired pneumonia) | E. Coli |
ICU pneumonia | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Atypical pneumonia | Mycoplasma pneumoniae |
UTI | Escherichia Coli |
Infection in burn patients | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Bacterial meningitis in neonate | E. coli, Streptococcus agalactiae, Listeria monocytogenes, *note also haemophilus influenzae type B if NOT VACCINATED w/ Hib vaccine!!!* |
Bacterial meningitis in child | Neisseria meningitidis |
Bacterial meningitis in adult | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Bacterial meningitis in immunocompromised | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
Aseptic meningitis in summer | enteroviruse, eg echovirus |
Aseptic meningitis in winter/spring | mumps virus |
Diarrhea: Acute Infectious in adult | Norwalk virus |
Diarrhea: Acute Infectious in children | Rotavirus |
Diarrhea: Acute Infectious that is bldy | Campylobacter jejuni |
Diarrhea: Acute Infectious that is parasitic | Entamoeba histolytica, in US |
Diarrhea: Chronic Infectious | Giardia lamblia, in US |
Diarrhea: + stool WBCs | Campylobacter jejuni |
Diarrhea: - stool WBCs | Norwalk virus & Rotavirus |
Diarrhea: Food assoc | Salmonella enteritidis, in US |
Nursing home pneumonia | Klebsiella pneumoniae |
Community-acquired pneumonia | Streptococcus pneumoniae |