ID Flashcards

1
Q

What is the most common reportable STI in the US, what are the symptoms and what is the treatment

A

chlamydia
clear vaginal discharge
doxycycline 100 mg BID for 7 days.

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2
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What is the treatment for gonorrhea

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ceftriaxone im 500 to 1000 mg gram

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3
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What is the standard resource for travel information compiled by the CDC

A

the Yellow book

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4
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What is the red book

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The CDC’s standard resource for pediatric infectious diseases

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5
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Malaria prophylaxis. medication. when to start and for how long;

A

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

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6
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Toxoplasma gondii

A

Cat litter

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7
Q

Epstein Barr: symptoms

A

acquired hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
fever, HA, myalgias, and leukopenia

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8
Q

Incubation period for Hep A

A

28 days (15 -50

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9
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Incubation period for HSV

A

4 (2 -12)

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10
Q

Incubation period for chickenpox

A

14 -16 (10 -21)

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11
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incubation for measle

A

7-21

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12
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Pasturella

A

Cat bite
Cellulitis

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13
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Brucellosis

A

cattle, sheep, pigs, and goat.
food or fluid from those animals

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14
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Capnocytophaga

A

Can cause sepsis after animal bites, but not common

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15
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Bartonella

A

cat scratch disease

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16
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Typhioid vaccine route, administration timing

A

oral, live, 4 doses, 1 week before potential exposure, every 5 years.

17
Q

Anthrax source, disease, symptoms, and prophylaxis

A

Gi, In, cutaneous, Cause widened mediastinum
must be treated in the prodromal stage with doxy and vaccine

18
Q

What percent of patients with acute hep C go on to develop chronic hep c

A

85%

19
Q

Staph aureus in food. Onset, symptoms

A

1 -6 hrs. Vomitting

20
Q

P ovale and P vivax symptoms and treatment

A

relapsing/remitting
primiquine

21
Q

Chikungunya virus type. location, source, vaccination, symptoms

A

RNA virus, Found in subsaharan africa and southeast asia
aedes aegypti most common in daylight
No vaccine
joint pain and fever; Supportive treatment

22
Q

Dengue

A

Transmitted by mosquito
prevention is mosquito control , usually transmitted in the day

23
Q

African trypanosomiasis

A

bite of the tsete fly

24
Q

Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever

A

tick bites, contact with live stock

25
Q

what age should the zoster vaccine be given

A

60

26
Q

Which virus is the most likely virus to cause congenital hearing loss

A

CMV

27
Q

What type of vaccine is the BCG

A

Live attenuated

28
Q

What type of vaccine is the shingles vaccine

A

live attenuated

29
Q

What vaccines are live attenuated

A

Shingles, BCG, yellow fever (PO), Typhioid (PO), rota, smallpox, chickenpox, mmr

30
Q

How long does a child with strep have to wait to return to school after starting antibiotics

A

24 hrs

31
Q

When can a child return to school after GI illness

A

immediately after resolution

32
Q

Which form of botulism is the most common in the US

A

infantile

33
Q

Which disease carries the highest rate of transmission after a needle stick

A

Hep B

34
Q

What Is the name of the system that notifies health departments of recent immigrants that carry infectious disease

A

Electronic Disease notification

35
Q

What type of vaccine is hep A

A

Inactivated whole cell

36
Q

What ty pe of vaccine is a conjugated

A

HIB

37
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