ID Flashcards
What is the most common reportable STI in the US, what are the symptoms and what is the treatment
chlamydia
clear vaginal discharge
doxycycline 100 mg BID for 7 days.
What is the treatment for gonorrhea
ceftriaxone im 500 to 1000 mg gram
What is the standard resource for travel information compiled by the CDC
the Yellow book
What is the red book
The CDC’s standard resource for pediatric infectious diseases
Malaria prophylaxis. medication. when to start and for how long;
atovaquone/proguanil. Start day before entering malaria zone and continue seven days after leaving areas of possible malaria exposure.
Can be used in areas of chloroquine resistance
must be taken with food or milk
must be used in combination with primaquine to treat p ovale and p vivax
Mosquito nets should be dipped in permitherin
Toxoplasma gondii
Cat litter
Epstein Barr: symptoms
acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
fever, HA, myalgias, and leukopenia
Incubation period for Hep A
28 days (15 -50
Incubation period for HSV
4 (2 -12)
Incubation period for chickenpox
14 -16 (10 -21)
incubation for measle
7-21
Pasturella
Cat bite
Cellulitis
Brucellosis
cattle, sheep, pigs, and goat.
food or fluid from those animals
Capnocytophaga
Can cause sepsis after animal bites, but not common
Bartonella
cat scratch disease
Typhioid vaccine route, administration timing
oral, live, 4 doses, 1 week before potential exposure, every 5 years.
Anthrax source, disease, symptoms, and prophylaxis
Gi, In, cutaneous, Cause widened mediastinum
must be treated in the prodromal stage with doxy and vaccine
What percent of patients with acute hep C go on to develop chronic hep c
85%
Staph aureus in food. Onset, symptoms
1 -6 hrs. Vomitting
P ovale and P vivax symptoms and treatment
relapsing/remitting
primiquine
Chikungunya virus type. location, source, vaccination, symptoms
RNA virus, Found in subsaharan africa and southeast asia
aedes aegypti most common in daylight
No vaccine
joint pain and fever; Supportive treatment
Dengue
Transmitted by mosquito
prevention is mosquito control , usually transmitted in the day
African trypanosomiasis
bite of the tsete fly
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever
tick bites, contact with live stock
what age should the zoster vaccine be given
60
Which virus is the most likely virus to cause congenital hearing loss
CMV
What type of vaccine is the BCG
Live attenuated
What type of vaccine is the shingles vaccine
live attenuated
What vaccines are live attenuated
Shingles, BCG, yellow fever (PO), Typhioid (PO), rota, smallpox, chickenpox, mmr
How long does a child with strep have to wait to return to school after starting antibiotics
24 hrs
When can a child return to school after GI illness
immediately after resolution
Which form of botulism is the most common in the US
infantile
Which disease carries the highest rate of transmission after a needle stick
Hep B
What Is the name of the system that notifies health departments of recent immigrants that carry infectious disease
Electronic Disease notification
What type of vaccine is hep A
Inactivated whole cell
What ty pe of vaccine is a conjugated
HIB
