August Journal Questionnaire

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1. For community urine antibiotic susceptibility testing which antibiotics should not be reported if pyelonephritis is noted in the clinical details?

2. Which antibiotics recommended for cystitis should not be reported for blood culture antibiotic testing?

3. For blood cultures/sterile sites containing Pseudomonas aeruginosa which antibiotics should always be reported for susceptibility testing?

4. When should susceptibility testing for Streptococci groups A, B, C and G be done?

5. How can selective antimicrobial reporting improve antibiotic use (or benefit antimicrobial stewardship practises)?

6. In the indoor environment, house dust mites are abundant in which sites?

7. Which techniques are effective in limiting children’s exposure to house dust mites?

8. Naegleria are what type of amoebae and exist in which forms?

9. What are the key CSF features in primary amoebic meningoencephalitis?

10. What other species of amoeba, other than N. fowleri, can cause CNS infections?

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