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How many hours does a Nosocomial infection take to be evident?
72 hours
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Name the three risk factors for NP
- Patient
- Latrogenic: medical personel, procedure, treatment
- Organization: facility, water, air, etc...
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Three most common NP bacteria?
- S. aureus
- K. pneumoniae
- P. aeuruginosa
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Out of the three common bacteria, which is most common for NP?
P. aeuruginosa
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T/F P. aeuruginosa is aerobic?
T
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Two pigments of P. aeuruginosa
- Pyocyanin - blue
- Pyoverdin - green
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With the A-B exotoxin activity, what is the function of ciliastasis?
stops mucociliary tract
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T/F P. aeuruginosa is opportunistic?
T
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What is required for P. aeuruginosa to be extremely virulent?
Immunosuppressed individual (burns, CF pts, etc...)
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What pts are affected by primary and secondary pneumonia b/c of P. aeuruginosa?
- primary: inhalation therapy
- secondary: immunosuppressed (CF, burns, etc...)
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Three lung characteristis of P. aeuruginosa infection?
- Empyema (pus)
- hemorrhage
- abscesses
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What is the smell of P. aeuruginosa?
Fruity
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T/F When the toxin, Panton-Valentine leukocidin the pneumonia is nosocomial?
F, with PVL it is CAP
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T/F S. aureus is opportunistic?
T
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What are the three predisposing factors of Staph. aureus?
- Defective PMN
- Diabetic
- Foreign body
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which is Mannitol fermenting: S. epi or S. aureus?
S. aureus
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