Question 1

which disease causing organisms are most likely to cause infection in an iv site?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria: Bacteria. There are too many to list. This is a common complication of any needle piercing the skin.

Question 2

how many types of organisms are in your body?

Accepted Answer

100 trillion: According to the human microbiome project 
there are 100 trillion bacteria in or on your body.

Question 3

what is the size oflegionellaorganisms?

Accepted Answer

Less than a micron: Legionella bacteria are about the same size as most common bacteria and are less than a micron (millionth of a meter).

Question 4

what organisms require food and proper environment for growth?

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That would be all: All organisms, every living thing on planet earth, requires some form of food and a proper environment for growth, and for staying alive if no longer growing. Soe organisms can become spores or seeds, in a dried-up or dormant way, and don't need food umntil they sprout, hatch, or otherwise come back to life.

Question 5

what organisms does the hep b vaccine protects from?

Accepted Answer

Hep B vaccine: Hepatitis b vaccine prevents one from developing hepatitis when exposed to the hepatitis b virus.

Question 6

what organisms cause toxic megacolon?

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C. difficile, etc...: The micro-organism (bacteria) that can be involved in toxic megacolon is more often clostridium difficile. Occasionally, bacteria such as salmonella, shigella, campylobacter, and the "bad" e. Coli can be involved (these are four bacteria that usually cause infectious diarrhea and food poisoning). The parasite amoeba is involved sometimes. In aids patients, cytomegalovirus (CMV) can be a cause.

Question 7

what is fungal organisms morphologically consistent with candida spp?

Accepted Answer

: Candida species (spp) are responsible for the most common fungal infections encountered in practice. Cdc.gov has reliable information regarding them, different species and sites for infections.

Question 8

urine culture results
50,000-100,000 cfu/ml staphylococcus coagulase negative not s.saprophyticus
10,000-50,000 cfu/ml multiple organisms
meaning?

Accepted Answer

See below: All laboratory results need to be interpreted in the clinical context and the doctor who ordered the tests is usually in the best position to do that. Having said that, the colony count, the dominant organism and multiple organism all suggest that this is not real urinary infection. The organisms are likely to be skin contaminants.

Question 9

when coliform organisms are found in urine what does it mean?

Accepted Answer

Coliform bacteria: The first possibility is that it is a "dirty sample" meaning that bacterial contamination took place and it was not a clean catch urine. In the event that it was clean, the presence of bacteria along with other markers, symptoms, and so forth would give a better picture. The presence of wbcs,  leukocyte esterase, and nitrites are common in urinary tract infections. So more info is needed.

Question 10

i was tested for organisms morphologically consistent with trichomonas vaginalis what is it and does it go away?

Accepted Answer

: "Morphologically consistent" suggests your positive test may have been on a biopsy or other specimen examined under the microscope. Such tests are often wrong; if you have not had a positive culture or PCR test, you may not be infected. If you are infected, probably it is Trichomonas vaginalis -- which someties shows up years after catching it. If uncertain, see an infectious disease specialist.

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