Paper I — 2023 January (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) — Q18

Paper I

2023 January (Supplementary) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

List FOUR clinical clues associated with anaerobic infections.

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Answer

Four clinical clues associated with anaerobic infections:

1. Foul-smelling (putrid) discharge/pus.
2. Gas in tissue (crepitus, or gas visible on imaging).
3. Infection near a mucosal surface (gut, oral cavity, female genital tract) with polymicrobial/mixed flora.
4. Failure to grow on routine aerobic culture despite clinical evidence of infection (a “negative” standard culture in a clinically infected wound/abscess).

(Other valid clues: infection in devitalized/necrotic or poorly perfused tissue; abscess formation; infection following bowel surgery/perforation or human/animal bite.)

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