Fever in a Returning Traveller Flashcards
1
Q
Typhoid transmission
A
Food and water
2
Q
Typhoid incubation
A
1-2 weeks
3
Q
Typhoid presentation
A
Enteric fever
5 S’s
4
Q
Typhoid Mx
A
IV ceftriaxone then PO azithromycin
5
Q
Dengue vector
A
Aedes mosquito
6
Q
Malaria vector
A
Female Anopheles mosquito
7
Q
Malaria fever duration
A
48 hrs (tertian)
EXCEPT P. malariae - 72 hrs
8
Q
Eponymous blood film finding for non-falciparum malaria
A
Schuffner’s dots
9
Q
Non-falciparum malaria mx
A
Chloroquine then primaquine
10
Q
Falciparum malaria Ix
A
Thick and thin blood films
11
Q
Falciparum malaria blood film findings
A
Maurer’s clefts
12
Q
Why do both thick and thin blood films?
A
Thick identifies malaria
Thin identifies species
13
Q
Malaria Mx
A
Mild - artemesin combination therapy (Riamet - artemether + lumefantrine)
Severe - IV artesunate
14
Q
Severe malaria features
A
