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Question 1

What conditions predisposes to molluscum contagiosum infection?

Answer 1

HIV (or other cellular immunodeficiency), corticosteroid use, and chemotherapy

Question 2

What does C3 deficiency predispose you to?

Answer 2

severe, recurrent pyogenic respi tract and sinus infections

Question 3

What does C5-C8 deficiency predispose you to?

Answer 3

Neisseria inf.

Question 4

What does C1 esterase deficiency predispose you to?

Answer 4

hereditary angioedema

Question 5

What kind of stroke/location should you suspect in a pt. w/ hemiparesis and a history of DM or htn when nothing shows up on non-contrast CT?

Answer 5

lacunar stroke/internal casule (post.)

Question 6

What is the standard treatment for toxoplasmic encephalitis?

Answer 6

pyrimethamine plus sulfadiazine

Question 7

What is used for cerebral toxoplasma prophylaxis in AIDS pts?

Answer 7

TMP-SMX or pyrimethamine+

Question 8

What should you suspect in an HIV pt w/ focal neurological signs (hemiparesis and disturbances in speech, vision, or gait) and multiple non-enhancing lesions w/ no mass effect on CT scan?

Answer 8

progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Question 9

What causes progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy?

Answer 9

JC virus

Question 10

What is Ramsay-Hunt Syndrome?

Answer 10

A form of Herpes Zoster infection that causes Bell’s Palsy and vesicles on the outer ear

Question 11

What should you suspect in pts w. ear pain worsened w/ chewing and a Hx of teeth grinding?

Answer 11

TMJ dysfunction

Question 12

What, aside from triptans or NSAIDs, could be used to Tx an acute migraine in a pt. w/ nausea?

Answer 12

IV antiemetics

Question 13

What IV antiemetics are used to Tx acute migraine?

Answer 13

chlorpromazine, prochlorpromazine, or metoclopramide

Question 14

What antiarrhythmic drug can cause various kinds of lung toxicity?

Answer 14

amiodarone