Question 44 (part 2) · LEK · Hospital-acquired infections
You work as a doctor at the medical treatment department. Which of the pathogens isolated in your patient are subject to monitoring in a hospital environment and you should report to the Team for Infection Control?
1) gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae spp. rod producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases.
2) Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporins.
3) enterococci Enterococcus spp.
4) Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
5) noroviruses.
6) Legionella pneumophila.
The correct answer is:
2) Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to 3rd generation cephalosporins.
3) enterococci Enterococcus spp.
4) Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
5) noroviruses.
6) Legionella pneumophila.
The correct answer is:
- A. only 2.
- B. 2,4,5.
- C. 2,3,6.
- D. 1,2,5,6.
- E. 1,3,4,5.
Hint
Alert pathogens have special resistance or epidemic potential; plain, susceptible enterococci or Pseudomonas do not qualify.
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