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pt. with sickle cell anemia if he has bone and joint pain and fever with swelling of the subcutaneous tissue and bone demineralization (acute osteomyelitis) what is the infectious agent
1)grp B strep
2)h. infulenza
3)m tuberculosis
4)pseudomonas aeruginosa
5)staph aureus
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4)pseudomonas aeruginosa
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staph aureus
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the most common bug to cause acute osteomyelitis in sickle cell anemia is salmonella. No answer is correct.
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the most common bacteria in sickle cell anemia is still staph. aureus. Salmonella is the second most popular, I think.
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i think pseudomonas is the correct answer.
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staph. aureus is popular but is only considered when there is no other reasons. In this case, there is a condition that the pt. has sickle cell anemia. So the conditional pathogen should be the first choice.
