STEP 317: Case Fourteen: Full of Slime (CE: 1.0)


Description:

This article focuses on a 14-year-old female patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) who grew many oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, very few Sphingobacterium multivorum, very few oropharyngeal flora, and many of the second type of gram-negative bacillus. Learners are encouraged to read the case study to determine the cause of the patient's symptoms.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Reflect on a case study outlining Inquilinus limosus
  • Discuss the epidemiology of I. Iimosus
  • Discuss the laboratory diagnosis of I. Iimosus

 

Author(s):

Jean F. Muldoon, MT(ASCP)

Joel E. Mortensen, Ph.D., HCLD, FAAM

 

Launched: 2007