BOF 115

If you find the material on this website useful, you will find that the two books ACES for PACES and KEYS to SUCCESS in Medicine complement the material on these sites and will enhance your studying and revision

Home
Preparing for MRCP
Best of Five 1
Best of Five 2
Best of Five 3
Best of Five 4
BOF( Guest )
MRCP Part 2 BOF
MRCP Part 2 Images
PACES
MRCP theory examination topics
Books for MRCP
MRCP Courses
EMQS
OSCEs
Medical Finals & OSCE Courses
Recommended Reading
Forum
Links
ydr search engine
FAQ
Contributions
Authors
Privacy Policy
Contact

amazon astore

ACES for PACES

Medical Revision

Clinical Skills Blogspot

BOF: 115

A 68 year old patient presents with a history of fever. Apart from a cystoscopy a few weeks prior to presentation he had been previously fit and well. He was not on any medication.

On examination he was febrile, there were splinter haemorrhages in his finger nails and there was clubbing. The pulse rate was 100 beats per minute and he had a bisferiens pulse. JVP was not elevated, apex was not displaced, the second heart sound was soft, there was an ejection systolic murmur radiating into his neck and he had an early diastolic murmur at the left sternal edge. He had splenomegaly. Multiple blood cultures are taken from this patient.

Which one of the following organisms is likely to be isolated?

a)      Staphylococcus aureus

b)      Streptococcus viridans

c)      Proteus mirabilis

d)     Bartonella species

e)      Coxiella burnetii

Back
Up
Next

[ Up ] [ Answer BOF 115 ]