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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a well recognized comlication of influenza?
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Staphylococcal pneumonia
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What may result from parental use of illicit drugs or nosocomially from intravenous catheers and other devices?
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Staphylococcal endocarditis
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What may cause sepsis,meningitis,endocarditis or urinary tract infections and are increasing in frequency, usually in connection with prosethetic devices or indwelling cathers?
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Coagulase-negative staphylococci
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What is a mode of transmission for staphylococcus aureus?
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anterior nares; 20% to 30% of the general population are nasal carriers of coagulase-positive staphylococci
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What is the most important instrument for transmitting infection?
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The hands
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In localized skin infections what is the best treatment for staphylococcal diseases?
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systemic antimicrobials are not indicated unless infection spreads significantly ro complications ensue; local skin cleaning followed by topical antimicrobial such as mupirocin, 4 times daily.
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What kind of compresses are recommended?
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Hot and dry compresses
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What is used for severe staph infections?
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Penicillin
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What is the treatment for sever infections caused by coagulase-negative staph and methacillin resistant S.aureus?
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Vancomycin
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What is the most frequently aquired in nursuries?
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Impetigo or pustulosis and other purulent skin manifestations
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What favors the spread of impetigo?
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Rupture of pustules favors the spread
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What is the incubation period for for impetigo?
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4-10 days
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What is the treatment for impetigo?
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Cleanse skin and apply topical mupirocin ointment 4 times daily, serious infections may require parental treatment.
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How long should laboratorys keep clinically important isolates before discarding them?
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6 months
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How often should you change the sites of IV needele infusions?
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every 48 hours
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What is a sever illness characterized by sudden onset of fever, vomitting, profuse watery diarrhea and myalgia, followed by hypotension and in sever cases shock?
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Toxis shock syndrome (TSS)
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In TSS, what is present in the acute phase?
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sunbrun like rash is present about 1-2 weeks after onset, fever is usually 102 F and systolic is 90 mmHG and 3 ore more organ systems are involved
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What have most cases of TSS been associated with?
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S.aureus
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How can menstrual TSS be prevented?
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Avoid using highly absorbent tampons or discontinuation of tampons if sever case is present
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What may help reduce toxin production?
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Clindamycin
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