cvs23 Flashcards
confirmatory test for EBV
EBV nuclear antigen
EBV capsid antigen
mononucleosis like syndrome
congenital cmv
saliva
urinary
sexual contact
cmv in HIV
CREEP Colitis Retinitis Esophagitis ---- linear ulcers Encephalitis Pneumonitis
most common is retinitis
cmv inclusion
intra nuclear owl eyes
congenital cmv
choriretinitis (cotton wool exudates) seizures paraventricular calcifications microcephaly sensorineural deafness
HH6/7
Roseola
fever first then maculopapular rash
seizures
rash starts on trunk and spreads to extremities
HHV8
kaposci
CD4 <500
appear on feet and legs —- blue brownish dermal palque
can also appear on mucosa — GIT, face and lungs
lungs usually means LATE
histo in kaposci
spindle shaped
proliferation of ENDOTHELIUM + inflammation
RBC extravasate
lymphocyte predominance
what is kaposi commonly confused with
bartonell henslae
cat scratch
but this will have a stellate GRANULOMA with neutrophilic infilitration (bactera)
acyclovir
needs thymidine kinase to be phosphorylated
inibits DNA polymerase
leads to chain termination
acyclovir prodrug
valacyclovir
goood bioavailability
uses of acyclovir
HSV VZV EBV
what is bioavailibility
fraction of the drug that reaches systemic circulationin an unchanged manner
high first pass means
low systemic circulation conc
most drug is metabolised
bioavailibility formula
Area under curve (po) / AUC (IV)