MICR 121 Study Guide - Final Guide: Enterovirus, Sexual Intercourse, Endocarditis

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Microbiology and Immunology
• Course: MICR 121
• Professor: Lewis Linton Tomalty

Document Summary

Antibiotic therapy: clinical, culture -only if it isn(cid:495)t healing (complicated cases) Which bacteria causes infection is dependent on site. Acute spreading infection in subcutaneous layers: clinical, get a sample tissue. Bacteria: cat bites (likely pasturella mutocida, dog bites, human bite: Bacteria from the mouth can be past on site of bite. Furuncles: clean least risk of, dirty greatest risk infection, clean contaminated of infection. Deep tissue infections: clinical diagnosis, swab: of inflamed area, looking for acute inflammation (redness, swelling, pus, gram stain -how to direct therapy. Cellulitis with extensive necrosis of subcutaneous tissues: clinical (rapid, gram stain, culture (confirm) Fungal skin disorders: clinical suspicion, scrapings, calcofluor, +/- culture. Viral: microscopic bite, female burrows into skin and lays eggs. Virus persists in latent state in nerve ganglia and of face and trunk. Rubella: complication if exposed in 1st trimester (blind, deaf, mental and physical disability) Easily controlled: clinical (usually, virus culture (genital) All over skin: clinical, culture is.