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How to make study-schedule for part 2 FRCPath Microbiology
(Experience of a successful trainee – Autumn 2023) I divided it into bacteriology/antimicrobial/clinical/ Viro/ IPC/ fungi/parasiteAs it’s always easier to prepare in that way.For bacteria – SMIs, especially tables at the back, covering all media, especially for faecal samples – how colonies of salmonella/shigella look like on CLD/DCABiochemical tests – I am sure we do…
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B57: BAL, sputum, associated specimens
Type of specimen Target organism CAP HAP Lung abscess Cystic fibrosis Mycobacteria disease Parasites Fungal infection Consider bioterrorism for these organisms if there is no travel history Media Safety Processing specimen Review the sputum: Is it salivary, mucosalivary, mucoid, mucopurulent, purulent and/or bloodstained? Put in on the report. If salivary, reject (unless the patient is…
Yellow fever vaccine: study note
Vaccine: Coadministration with other vaccines It can be co-administered (on different limbs /the same limb 2.5 cm apart) with other inactivated and most live vaccines, except MMR, which should be given 28 days apart. If yellow fever and MMR were given together due to the immediate need for protection, repeat vaccine doses should be considered individually….
UK SMI notes – Ear Infections.
Type of specimen: Ear swab Middle ear fluid Scraping of material from the ear canal (for fungal infection) Expected organisms Otitis Externa Acute localised otitis externa Staphylococcus aureus Group A Streptococcus furuncle Erysipelas Acute diffuse otitis externa Pseudomonas aeruginosa S. aureus Anaerobes Treatment – topical cleaning of debris. Antibiotics are not useful. Chronic otitis externa Colonisation by Enterobacteriaceae Fungi Treatment…
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Bacteria Staph lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) capable of causing aggressive diseases like Staph aureus. Staph lugdunensis tends to be more susceptible to antibiotics compared to other CoNS. Vancomycin tolerance – can be present, i.e. the ability of bacteria to survive in the presence of an antibiotic, even if MIC testing has deemed that…