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Mollaret’s meningitis

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Recurrent aseptic meningitis with HSV-1 or HSV-2

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2
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India ink

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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3
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Swimming + bloody diarrhoea + anaemia + thrombocytopaenia

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Traveller’s diarrhoea: Enterobacteriaecae = EHEC

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Chlamydia trachomatis L1, L2, L3 serovars

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5
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Argyll Robertson pupils

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Treponema pallidum: tertiary syphilis

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6
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Firm painless chancre

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Primary syphilis: treponema pallidum

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7
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Diarrhoea + shock + BBQ + superantigen

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Staphylococcus aureus: exotoxin TSST-1

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8
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Painful penile ulcer + culture on chocolate agar

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Haemophilus ducreyi (Gram negative coccobacillus)

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9
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meningism + microscopic agglutination test

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Leptospira interrogans

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10
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Clue cells + fishy discharge

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Bacterial vaginosis

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Uncomplicated UTI

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Trimethoprim

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12
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Pneumocystis jiroveci treatment

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Co-trimoxazole

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13
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MRSA drug of choice

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Vancomycin

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14
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Gomori’s methenamine stain

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Penumocystis jirovecii

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15
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Watery diarrhoea + rods with fast movements

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Vibrio Cholerae

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16
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Zidovudine

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NRTI

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17
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Efavirenz

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NNRTI

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18
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Treatment of Hep B

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Interferon-alpha + Lamuvidine

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19
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Peg-interferon alpha

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Treatment of Hep C

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20
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Viral neuraminidase inhibitor

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Oseltamivir

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21
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Prophylaxis for CMV in BMT patients

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Gancyclovir

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22
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India ink reveals yeast with halo

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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23
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Hyperpigmentation (pale skin) + ‘spaghetti with meatballs’

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Pityriasis versicolor

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24
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SOB + spherical opacity on CXR

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Aspergillus flavus

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25
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Rose gardener’s disease

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Sporothrix schenckii

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26
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Diagnosis on Castaneda medium

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Brucella species

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27
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Flu-like symptoms + diarrhoea + microscopic agglutination test

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Leptospira interrogans

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28
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsiae

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Cytoplasmic inclusions on Giemsa/fluorescent staining of sputum or biopsy

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Psittacosis

30
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3 week baby with meninigitis + Gram negative rods

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Koplik spots

32
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Complication of measles

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Subacute pan-sclerosing encephalitis

33
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4 month old unvaccinated baby with meningitis + Gram negative rod on CSF

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Haemophilus inluenzae

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Tumbling motlity

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Listeria monocytogenes

35
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Pear-shaped organisms on stool microscopy

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Lowenstein-Jensen medium

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Alcholic + high fever + blood-stained sputum

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Drug acted upon by viral thymidine kinase

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Pink MacConkey agar

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Lactose fermenting organsims

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Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle medium

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Leishmania major

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Flu-like illness + rash with central fading

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Borrelia burgdorferi

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Kala-azar

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Visceral leishmaniasis

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Most common cause of septic arthrtisi in young, sexually active adults

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Neisseria gonorrhoea

44
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treatment of septic arthritis with N. gonorrhoea

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IV cefotaxime 4-6 weeks

45
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Treatment of C. diff.

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Oral metronidazole 14 days

46
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Gold standard for detection of C. diff

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Detection of C. diff toxin in stool sample

47
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Indications for oral vancomycin use in C. diff

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3rd or subsequent episodes, severe infection, infection not responding to metronidazole, patients who can’t tolerate metronidazole

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Sudden decline in cognitive function + myoclonic jerks + negative Ix

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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Aim of LP in CJD

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Analyse CSF for 14-3-3- protein

50
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Definition of SBP

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Form of peritonitis in the absence of a contiguous source of infection

51
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Most common organisms in SBP

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E. coli, Gram-positive cocci and enterococci

52
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Antibiotic of choice in SBP

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Cefotaxime IV

53
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Most important facotr influencing chance of clearing Hep C

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virus genotype

54
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Best diagnostic test for Hep C

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Hep C RNA PCR

55
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Location & features of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

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West and Central Africa, >95% of cases, chronic infection - g for gradual infection

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Location & features of Trypanosoma brucei rhodiense

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South and East Africa, <5% of cases, R for rapid infection

57
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Chagas disease

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Trypanosoma cruzi transmitted by reduviid bugs

58
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Romana’s sign

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Purplish swelling of eyelids

59
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Long history of undulating fevers + arthralgia + myalgia + weight loss + fatigue + lymphadenopathy + sacroiliitis + depression + Hx of being on a farm

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Brucellosis

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Current guidelines in Uk for treatment of pulmonary TB

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Isoniazid and rifampicin for 6 months + pyrazinamide + ethambutol for first 2 months

61
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Brown granular colonies on Lowenstein-Jensen medium

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

62
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Two anti-tuberculous drugs to avoid in patients with renal impairment

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Streptomycin + Ethambutol

63
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Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy

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Gullain-Barre

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Most common trigger of Guillain-Barre-syndrome

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Campylobacter jejuni

65
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Fever in 3-4 day intervals

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Plasmodium malariae

66
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Malaria form that infects erythrocytes

67
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Uncomplicated falciparum malaria treatment

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Admit + oral quinine and doxycycline

68
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Maurer’s cleft under microscope

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Disc-like granulations at edge of cell using EM in Plasmodium falciparum infection

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Most common cause of acute infective endocarditis

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Staphylococcus aureus

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