Buzz words: Infectious Diseases Flashcards
1
Q
Rice water stool
Gm –ve
A
Cholera
2
Q
Bloody diarrhoea
Gm –ve
A
Shigella
3
Q
Traveller’s diarrhoea
Enterotoxigenic
A
E-Coli
4
Q
Gm –ve, motile bacilli
Rose spots
Gradual onset
A
Salmonella typhi
5
Q
Gm +ve
Pseudomembranous colitis
White/yellow plaques
Tx: IV metronidazole/vancomycin
A
C. difficile
6
Q
Self-limiting
Hx of poultry or unpasteurised milk
Gm –ve corkscrew/flagella
A
Campylobacter
7
Q
Plague
Gm –ve anaerobe
A
Yersinia
8
Q
Flask-shaped ulcers
Bloody diarrhoea
RUQ pain –> liver abscesses
A
Enteroamoeba
9
Q
Eastern Europe/Russia Hikers Foul smelling stools + gas Cysts and pear shaped trophozoites Watery diarrhoea Malabsorption of protein
A
Giardia
10
Q
Reheated rice/Chinese takeway
Sudden vomiting, minimal diarrhoea
A
B. cereus
11
Q
Malaise, mild fever, headache
Muscular aches and pains
A: birds, B: seals, C: pigs
A
Influenza
12
Q
Retrobulbar headache Rash, facial flushing RNA virus Dengue shock syndrome à haemorrhagic fever
A
Dengue Fever
13
Q
Falciparum – worst Malaise, headache, D&V Plasmodium ovale/vivax stay in system (V&O do not go) Chloroquinine (old = quinine)
A
Malaria
14
Q
Falciparum – worst Malaise, headache, D&V Plasmodium ovale/vivax stay in system (V&O do not go) Chloroquinine (old = quinine)
A
Malaria
15
Q
Latent infection RIPE Rifampcicin: orange secretions Isoniazid: peripheral neuropathy, drug interactions Pyrazinamid: hepatotoxicity Ethambutol: optic neuritis (red-green colour blindness)
A
TB
