17/06 Flashcards
diarrhoea with a long incubation period
amoebiasis
anchovy sauce liver abscess
amoebiasis
chloramphenicol adverse effect
aplastic anaemia
antibiotic causing long QT
macrolides especially erythromycin
undercooked or reheated rice, vomiting/diarrhoea within 6 hours
bacillus cereus
flaccid paralysis
botulism
painful genital ulcers associated with unilateral, painful inguinal lymph node enlargement
ulcers typically have a sharply defined, ragged, undermined border
chancroid
when should chalmydia testing be carried out
2 weeks after a possible exposure
profuse ‘rice water’ diarrhoea
cholera
GAS GANGRENE
c perfringens
spastic paralysis
tetanus
diarrhoea in immunocompromised/HIV
Cryptosporidiosis
Owl’s eye’ appearance due to intranuclear inclusion bodies
CMV
grey, pseudomembrane on the posterior pharyngeal wall
diptheria
only DNA virus that is single stranded
parvovirus
bradycardia, constipation and rose spots
typhoid
most common cause of viral meningitis
enteroviruses eg coxsackie, echovirus, rhinovirus
hairy leukoplakia
EBV infection
EBV malignancies
Burkitt’s lymphoma
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
HIV-associated central nervous system lymphomas
severe, haemorrhagic, watery diarrhoea
contaminated ground beef
e coli 0157 -> HUS
travellers diarrhoea
e coli
acute food poisoning due to toxin
Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus or Clostridium perfringens
prolonged non bloody diarrhoea
giardiasis
Bloody diarrhoea
Vomiting and abdominal pain
shigella