Microbiology- Blood And Body Fluids

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Sx of sepsis

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Acid/base disorder
fever

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Most common organism isolated from blood

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Coag - staph

Staph Epidermis

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Ideal time to get a blood culture

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half hour before expected onset of fever

before admistering antibiotics

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How much blood do you need in each tube

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atleast 20cc in each tube

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Which drugs can pass the Blood brain barrier?

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lipid soluble drugs

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Does the blood brain barrier completely encircle the brain?

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no.. the posterior pitiuary is not covered

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Infection within the subarachnoid space

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meningitis

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Encephalitits

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inflammation of brain parenchyma

usually viral

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Meningoencephalitits

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inflammation of brain and meninges

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Sx of meningitis

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Fever
Nuchal regidity
Headache
Rash
Mental changes

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deep deep red rash

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rash from Meningococcal meninigitis

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Causes of Bacterial meningitis

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Strep pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
H. influenzae
Group B Strep
Listeria
E. coli
Klebsiella

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Aseptic meningitis

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viral meningitis

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Common causes of viral meningitis

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coxsackie, echoviruses

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Common cause of fungal infections

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Cyptococcus neoformans

encapsulated yeast

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Common cause of protozoan infections

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Toxoplasmosis

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Disease that is a flaggiate that affects hte blood

Comes in two forms
African- African sleeping sickness
American

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Trypanosomiasis

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African Trypanomomaitass

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Trypansoma

spread by the tse-tse fly

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American

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Trepansoma cruzi

Chagas disease
kissing bug

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Tube 1 from CSF orders

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Gram Stain
Culture and Sensitivity

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deep deep red rash

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rash from Meningococcal meninigitis

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Causes of Bacterial meningitis

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Strep pneumoniae
Neisseria meningitidis
H. influenzae
Group B Strep
Listeria
E. coli
Klebsiella

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Aseptic meningitis

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viral meningitis

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Common causes of viral meningitis

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coxsackie, echoviruses

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Common cause of fungal infections

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Cyptococcus neoformans

encapsulated yeast

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Common cause of protozoan infections

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Toxoplasmosis

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Disease that is a flaggiate that affects hte blood

Comes in two forms
African- African sleeping sickness
American

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Trypanosomiasis

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African Trypanomomaitass

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Trypansoma

spread by the tse-tse fly

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American

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Trepansoma cruzi

Chagas disease
kissing bug

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Tube 1 from CSF orders

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Gram Stain
Culture and Sensitivity

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CSF Tube Number 2

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CSF Glucose and Protein

Chemistry

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CSF Tube Number 3

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CSF Cell Count with Differential

*Blood count can be affected by procedure
Hematology

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CSF Tube Number 4

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CSF Latex Agglutination (Antigens)

SPECIAL TESTING

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NORMAL CSF

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Clear
Glucose: 50-80
Protein: 20-45
Chloride: 116-122
Opening Pressure: 100-200
Leukocytes: No neutrophils and under 6 lymphocytes

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Bactertial Meningitis CSF Findings

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Glucose Decreased
Protein Increased
Markedly increased neutrophils

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Viral meningitis CSf Findings

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Normal Glucose
High Protein
Lymphocytes

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Fungal meningitis CSF Findings

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Monocytes!!

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Pathogens found in Pleural Fluid

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Strep pneumoniae
Staph aureus
Haemophilus influenzae
Anaerobes
Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Sx of Pericaridal fluid

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Stabbing sub sternal pain, worse supine

friction rub

May have up 120cc of fluid

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Organism for Pericarditis

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predominantly viral

Enteroviruses, adenoviruese, influenzae

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Pericarditis EKG findings

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diffuse ST elevation

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Why is endocarditis casued?

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Vegitations of bacteria on the heart valves

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IVDA valve and organism

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Tricuspid and Staph Aureus

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Sx of endocarditis

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splinter hemorrahges
Roth Spots- hemmoraghes in the retina
Osler's nodes- painful on pads of fingers

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Fluid in the peritoneal cavity

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ascities

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Acities seen with

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hepatits, cirrosis, malignancy, CHF

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Why would we take amniotic fluid out?

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Genetic disorders
Looking for neural tube defects

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Most affected joints for synovial fluid issues

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Knees and hips

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Infections in natural joints organisms

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Staph Aures
Neisseria gonorrhea

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Prothetic Joints organisms

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Staph Epi, Staph aureus

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Causes of non-gonoccal septic arthritis

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staph, strep, E. coli