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