Hospital Acquired Infections — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: mc pathogen involved in hospital aquired infection is _____

Answer: staph aureus

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Flashcard 2: Enterococcus faecalis is _____ common and less likely to be resistant to vancomycin (more or less)

Answer: more

Flashcard 3: The three major causes of nosocomial infections are _____, Enterobacter, and Serratia

Answer: Klebsiella

Flashcard 4: Hospital acquired MRSA is _____drug resistant and less virulent

Answer: multi

Flashcard 5: _____ is a gram negative coccobacillus, obligate aerobe that causes resistant hospital-acquired infections.

Answer: Acinetobacter baumannii

Flashcard 6: Candida _____ is increasingly responsible for infections in neonates through care-giver's hands or healthcare workers

Answer: parapsilosis (species)

Flashcard 7: What is the most important agent causing post-op endophthalmitis?_____

Answer: Staph. epidermidis

Flashcard 8: Hospital acquired MRSA is mediated by mecA subtype _____

Answer: I, II, III