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INFECTIOUS DISEASE REVIEW Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

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Eye-NOTE: DRY<br />

EYE IN OLDER<br />

PATIENTS<br />

PREDISPOSES TO<br />

BACTERIAL<br />

CONJUNCTIVITIS<br />

AND BLEPHARITIS;<br />

USE OF ARTIFICIAL<br />

TEARS GTTS ii QID<br />

DECREASES<br />

FREQUENCY OF<br />

EYE<br />

INFECTIONS(Coop<br />

er JW Cons Pharm<br />

1988); SUSPECT<br />

MRSA IN NURSING<br />

HOME PTS. WITH<br />

CHRONIC<br />

BACTERIAL<br />

EYE/LID<br />

INFECTIONS<br />

SITE<br />

Spinal Fluid<br />

SITE<br />

Blood-NOTE:<br />

BACTEREMIA IS<br />

MORE COMMON<br />

Usually sterile<br />

Occasionally small numbers<br />

of diphtheroids and coagulase-<br />

negative staphylococci<br />

NORMAL FLORA<br />

Sterile<br />

NORMAL FLORA<br />

Sterile<br />

8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis and<br />

other mycobacteria<br />

9. Fungi<br />

Eye (Cornea and Conjunctive)<br />

1. Herpes and other viruses<br />

2. Staphylococcus aureus-most common bacterial<br />

infection<br />

3. Neisseria gonorrheae (newborns)<br />

4. Haemophilus aegyptius<br />

(Koch-Weeks bacillus)<br />

5. Streptococcus pneumoniae<br />

6. Haemophilus influenzae<br />

(in children)<br />

7. Moraxella lacunate<br />

8. Pseudomonas aeruginosa<br />

9. Other gram-negative bacilli<br />

10. Chlamydia trachomatic<br />

(trachoma)<br />

11. Chlamydia (inclusion conjunctivitis)<br />

12. Fungi<br />

PATHOGENS<br />

Meninges<br />

1. Viral agents (enterovirus, mumps, herpes<br />

simples, and others)<br />

2. Neisseria meningitidis<br />

3. Haemophilus influenzae (in children)<br />

4. Streptocococcus pneumoniae<br />

5. Streptococcus Group B (infants less than 2<br />

months old)<br />

6. Escherichia coli (or other gram-negative bacilli)<br />

7. Strep. pyogenes (Group A)<br />

8. Mycobacterium tuberculosis<br />

10. Cryptococcus neoformans and other fungi<br />

11. Listeria monocytogenes<br />

12. Enterococcus (neonatal period)<br />

13. Treponema pallidum<br />

14. Leptospira<br />

PATHOGENS<br />

Blood (Septicemia) New born Infants<br />

1. Escherichia coli (or other gram-negative bacilli)<br />

2. Streptococcus Group B<br />

3. Staphylococcus aureus<br />

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