HIV/ AIDS

Question 1

How many types of HIV and which is most common

Answer 1

HIV-1 most common

HIV-2 rare outside west Africa

Question 2

Initial flu like reaction that occurs once HIV infection acquired

Answer 2

Seroconversion within a few weeks

Question 3

Can HIV +ve but undetectable breast fee

Answer 3

NO

Question 4

Common AIDS defining illnesses

Answer 4

Kaposi’s sarcoma
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP)
Cytomegalovirus infection
Candidiasis (oesophageal or bronchial)
Lymphomas
Tuberculosis

Question 5

HIB antibody tests are positive after how many months post exposure

Answer 5

3 months

Question 6

Blood antigen that can be tested to give a positive HIV test earlier

Answer 6

p24 antigen

Question 7

4 HIV risk assessment questions

Answer 7

MSM
Pay for sex
Sex with non UK partners
Inject drugs

Question 8

Patients with a CD4 count under 200 are given A to protect against B

Answer 8

Co-trimoxazole

Pneumocystitis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP)

Question 9

Smear tests frequency for women with HIV

Answer 9

Every year

Question 10

Vaccines HIV patients should avoid

Answer 10

LIVE (MMR, BCG, typhoid)

Question 11

What is safer in high viral load, LSCS or vaginal

Answer 11

LSCS (if very high give IV zidovudine)

Question 12

Drug given to HIV mums if very high viral load

Answer 12

IV zidovudine

Question 13

Type of drugs given to babies with high viral load HIV mothers

Answer 13

-vudine

Zidovudine

Question 14

How soon must PEP be started

Answer 14

72 hours

Question 15

PEP drugs

Answer 15

Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir) and raltgravir

Question 16

HIV drug management class type

Answer 16

Two Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) plus third agent

tenofovir and emtricitabine

Question 17

tenofovir and emtricitabine drug class

Answer 17

Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)