Healthcare-Associated Infections — MCQs

Commonest cause of nosocomial infection is

What is the best way to control the MRSA infection in the ward?

A patient in the ICU with a central venous catheter (CVC) develops an infection. Microscopy reveals ovoid budding yeast cells. What is the most likely organism?

Most common catheter-related bloodstream infection is due to:

A woman with recurrent diarrhea is prescribed a broad-spectrum antibiotic. Which of the following statements is not true regarding Clostridium difficile infection?

Most common mode of transmission of nosocomial infection is -

What is the most common extra-intestinal complication of Shigellosis?

In a surgical post-op ward, a patient developed wound infection. Subsequently 3 other patients developed similar infections in the ward. What is the most effective way of preventing the spread of infection?

In postoperative intensive care unit, five patients developed postoperative wound infection on the same day. The best method to prevent cross infection occurring in other patients in the same ward is to:

Xanthogranulomatous infection is caused by: