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What is seen on CSF analysis in bacterial meningitis?

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Cloudy appearance
Low glucose (50% plasma)
High protein
10-5000 PMNs

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What is seen on CSF analysis in viral meningitis?

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Glucose 60-80% plasma
Normal/high protein
15-1000 lymphocytes

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What is seen on CSF analysis in tuberculous meningitis?

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Slightly cloudy, fibrin web
Low glucose (50% plasma)
High protein
30-300 lymphocytes

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What is the treatment of TB meningitis?

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Usual therapy + prednisolone

12 months

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What is the most common cause of viral meningitis?

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Enterovirus e.g. Coxsackie

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Which lobes does HSV-1 encephalitis affect?

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Temporal and frontal

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How is HSV encephalitis diagnosed?

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LP - viral CSF picture
PCR for HSV
CT: medial temporal and inferior frontal petechial haemorrhages
EEG: lateralised periodic discharges at 2Hz

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What is the cause of Japanese encephalitis and how is it transmitted?

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Flavivirus
Transmitted by culex mosquitos which breed in rice paddy fields
Reservoir hosts - aquatic birds
Amplification hosts - pigs

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What are the symptoms of Japanese encephalitis that differentiate it from other forms of encephalitis?

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Parkinsonian features

Acute flaccid paralysis

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What type of virus is hepatitis B?

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dsDNA hepadnavirus

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Which is the first serological marker to appear in hepatitis B and indicates ongoing infection?

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HBsAg

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What are the characteristics of anti-HBs?

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Implies immunity - exposure or immunisation

Negative in chronic disease

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What are the characteristics of anti-HBc?

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Present for around 6 months; implies previous or current infection
Negative if immunised (c=caught)

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What hepatitis serology is expected to be seen in patients who have only been immunised against hepatitis B?

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Anti-HBs

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What are the complications of hepatitis B?

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Chronic hepatitis and fulminant liver failure
Glomerulonephritis
Polyarteritis nodosa
Cryoglobulinaemia

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What level of anti-HBs shows adequate response to vaccination?

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> 100

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What are the features of chronic hepatitis B?

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Transaminitis
Ground glass appearance of liver
HBsAg and anti-HBc

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What is the treatment of chronic hepatitis B?

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48 weeks pegylated IFN-a

Synthetic thymidine nucleoside analogue e.g. tenofovir, entecavir

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What type of virus is hepatitis C?

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RNA flavivirus

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What is the serology of hepatitis C?

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HCV RNA detected

anti-HCV antibodies (remain if patients clear the virus)

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What percentage of patients clear hepatitis C?

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33%

66% develop chronic hepatitis C, 50% of these develop end stage liver disease

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What are the risk factors for developing chronic hepatitis C?

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Asymptomatic in acute stage
Co-existing hepatic pathology
HIV
African American

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What are the complications of chronic hepatitis C?

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Arthritis
Sjogren's syndrome
Cirrhosis and HCC
Type 2 cryoglobulinaemia
PCT
Membranoproliferative GN
Autoimmune thyroid disease
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What does management of hepatitis C depend on?

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Viral genotype

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What is the treatment of hepatitis C?

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2DAAS +/- ribavarin

E.g. Harvoni (ledipasvir (NS5A inhibitor) and sofosbuvir (NS5B inhibitor)

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What is HCC screening in hepatitis C?

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6 monthly AFP, liver USS

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27
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In which patients does hepatitis E carry risk of significant mortality?

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Pregnancy

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What is the mechanism of action of rifampicin?

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Inhibits bacterial DNA dependent RNA polymerase, preventing transcription of DNA into mRNA

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What are the side effects of rifampicin?

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Hepatitis
Orange/pink secretions
Flu like
P450 inducer

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What is the mechanism of action of isoniazid?

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Inhibits mycolic acid synthesis

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What are the side effects of isoniazid?

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Peripheral neuropathy (prevent with pyridoxine)
Hepatitis
Agranulocytosis
P450 inhibitor

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What is the mechanism of action of pyrazinamide?

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Converted into pyrazinoic acid which inhibits fatty acid synthase

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33
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What are the side effects of pyrazinamide?

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Hyperuricaemia
Arthralgia/myalgia
Hepatitis

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What is the mechanism of action of ethambutol?

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Inhibits arabinosyl transferase which polymerises arabinose into arabian

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What are the side effects of ethambutol?

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Retrobulbar optic neuritis

Needs dose adjustment in renal impairment

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36
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Name 5 skin disorders associated with TB.

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Lupus vulgaris
Erythema nodosum
Scarring alopecia
Scrofuloderma
Verrucosa cutis
Gumma
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37
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What is the general treatment of HIV?

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2NRTIs + PI/NRTI

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38
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Give some examples of NRTIs and their side effects.

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Zidovudine: anaemia, myopathy, black nails
Tenofovir: renal impairment, osteoporosis

General: peripheral neuropathy

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Give some examples of NNRTIs and their side effects.

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Nevirapine, efavirenz

P450 induction, rashes

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Give some examples of protease inhibitors and their side effects.

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Ritonavir: P450 inhibitor
Indinavir: renal stones, high bilirubin

General: diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, buffalo hump and central obesity

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41
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Give some examples of integrase inhibitors.

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Raltegravir, elvitegravir

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42
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What is the cause of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy?

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Infection of oligodendrocytes by JC virus

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What is seen on CT or MRI in PML?

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Widespread demyelination, single/multiple lesions

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What is seen on CT in cerebral toxoplasmosis?

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Single or multiple ring enhancing lesions

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45
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What is the treatment of cerebral toxoplasmosis?

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Sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine

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Which virus is primary CNS lymphoma associated with?

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EBV

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47
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Which imaging modality is positive in primary CNS lymphoma?

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Thallium SPECT

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48
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How is cryptococcal meningitis diagnosed?

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High opening pressure CSF, India ink test positive

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49
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What is the cause of AIDs dementia?

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HIV virus itself

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50
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What is post exposure prophylaxis?

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Combo PO antiretrovirals for 4 weeks

Serological testing at 12 weeks post completion

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51
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What are the symptoms of HIV seroconversion illness?

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Glandular fever type
1-4 weeks after infection
Maculopapular rash

Suggests the beginning of HIV antibody production

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52
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What is tested in suspected HIV seroconversion illness?

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P24 antigen

HIV PCR

Antibodies negative up to 3 months

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53
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Which HIV patients should have prophylaxis against PCP pneumonia?

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CD4 count <200

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54
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How is PCP pneumonia diagnosed?

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CXR: bilateral interstitial pulmonary infiltrates
BAL silver staining: cysts
Sputum culture

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55
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What is the treatment of PCP pneumonia?

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Co-trimaxazole

IV pentamidine if severe

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If PCP patients are hypoxic <9.3kPa, what is added to treatment?

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Steroids

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57
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What type of virus is HIV?

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RNA retrovirus

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58
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Which cells does HIV virus infect?

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CD4 T cells, macrophages, dendritic cells

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59
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How does HIV virus replicate?

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After entering a cell, reverse transcriptase creates dsDNA from RNA for integration into the host cell’s genome

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Which vaccines are contraindicated in HIV?

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Cholera
Intranasal influenza
Oral polio
BCG

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How is latent TB diagnosed, and when is a false negative likely?

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Mantoux skin test –> if positive then IFN-gamma blood test used.

Mantoux test false -ve: miliary TB, sarcoid, lymphoma, HIV, <6 months

62
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How is active TB diagnosed?

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3x sputum culture

More sensitive than sputum smear with Ziehl-Neelson stain

63
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What is the treatment of active TB?

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Rifampicin and isoniazid for 6 months

Pyrazinamide and ethambutol for first 2 months

64
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What is the treatment of latent TB?

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3 months isoniazid and rifampicin, or 6 months isoniazid

65
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What are the features of strep pneumonia CAP?

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Rapid onset
High fever
Pleuritic chest pain
Herpes labialis

66
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What are the causes of infectious mononucleosis?

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EBV or HH4

67
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How is infectious mononucleosis diagnosed?

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Atypical lymphocytes
Transient rise in ALT
Haemolytic anaemia secondary to cold agglutins (IgM)
Maculopapular rash after amoxicillin

68
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What is the cause of anthrax and how does it cause disease?

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Bacillus anthracis (gram +ve rod)

Produces tripartite protein toxin: protective factor, oedema factor (increased cAMP) and lethal factor (which is toxic to macrophages)

69
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What are the features of anthrax?

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Painless black eschar which can cause oedema, compartment syndrome, fever
Necrotising fasciitis
GI bleeding

70
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What is the treatment of anthrax?

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Ciprofloxacin

71
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What is the reaction caused by release of endotoxins following bacterial death after first dose of antibiotics?

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

72
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What is the treatment of lassa fever?

73
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How is dengue fever transmitted?

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Aedes aegypti mosquito

74
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What are the symptoms of dengue fever?

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Retro-orbital headache
Fever, myalgia
Facial flushing and maculopapular rash

75
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What may Dengue fever progress to?

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Dengue haemorrhagic fever (form of DIC) –> dengue shock syndrome

76
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What are the features of Chikungunya fever?

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Rapid fever
Debilitating joint pain
Palmar/plantar rash

77
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What are the features of Lassa fever?

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Mucosal bleeding

Mastomys rodent

78
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What are the features of Yellow fever?

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5 day duration

Non specific symptoms

79
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What are the features of leprosy?

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Hypopigmented skin with sensory loss

Lepromatous leprosy/multibacillary: extensive, symmetric nerve involvement

Tuberculoid leprosy/paucibacillary: limited skin disease, asymmetric nerve involvement

80
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What determines severity of leprosy?

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Degree of cell mediated immunity

81
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What is the treatment of leprosy?

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Rifampicin, dapsone, clofazimine

82
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How does the rabies virus cause disease?

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Animal bite –> virus travels up nerve axons towards CNS

83
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What are the features of rabies?

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Prodromal headache/fever
Hydrophobia and muscle spasms
Hypersalivation

84
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What is seen in infected neurons in rabies?

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Negri bodies (cytoplasmic inclusion bodies)

85
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What is the treatment of rabies?

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2 further doses of vaccine

If not vaccinated, human rabies Ig with full vaccine course

86
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What are the features of typhoid?

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Relative bradycardia
Abdo pain and distension
Rose spots

87
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How is typhoid diagnosed?

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Large volume blood culture

88
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What are the 3 serotypes of e coli?

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O - lipopolysaccharide layer
K - capsule
H - flagellin

89
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Which type of e.coli causes neonatal meningitis?

90
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Name some gram +ve bacteria.

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Cocci - staph + strep

Bacilli - anthrax, listeria, diphtheria, clostridium

91
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Name some gram -ve bacteria.

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Cocci - neisseria, moraxella

Bacilli - e.coli, hib, pseudomonas, salmonella, shigella

92
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What are the 7 live attenuated vaccines?

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BCG
MMR
Intranasal influenza
Oral rotavirus
Oral polio
Yellow fever
Oral typhoid
93
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What is the mechanism of action of aciclovir?

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Guanosine analogue, phosphorylated by thymidine kinase which inhibits viral DNA polymerase

94
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What is a side effect of aciclovir?

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Crystalline nephropathy

95
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What is the pathophysiology of botulism?

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Clostridium botulinum produces botulinum toxin, a neurotoxin which irreversibly blocks the release of ACh

96
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What are the features of botulism?

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Fully conscious with no sensory disturbance
Flaccid paralysis
Bulbar palsy
Dysarthria, diplopia, ataxia

97
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What is the treatment of botulism?

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Botulism antitoxin

98
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What is Lemierre’s syndrome?

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Thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein secondary to peritonsillar abscess –> septic PE

99
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What is the pathophysiology of diphtheria?

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Corynebacterium diphtheria releases exotoxin encoded by b-prophage, which inhibits protein synthesis by catalysing ADP-ribosylation of elongation factor EF2

100
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What are the features of diphtheria?

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Diphtheric membrane on tonsils
Cervical lymphad
Neuritis
Heart block

101
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What is the treatment of diphtheria?

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IM penicillin

Diphtheria antitoxin

102
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What are the 2 reproductive cycles in falciparum malaria?

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Exo-erythrocytic cycle in hepatocytes

Erythrocytic cycle in red blood cells

103
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What are the features of falciparum malaria?

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Schizonts on blood film
Parasitaemia >2%
Hypoglycaemia
Acidosis
Fever>39
Severe anaemia
104
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What are schizonts on blood film?

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Indicates imminent schizogony and consequentially significant rise in parasitaemia

105
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What is Blackwater fever?

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Acute renal failure secondary to large intravascular haemolysis

Urine black/dark red (haemoglobinuria)

106
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What is the treatment of falciparum malaria?

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Uncomplicated: ACTs e.g. artesunate + mefloquine

Complicated: IV artesunate

107
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What is the treatment of severe parasitaemia >10% in falciparum malaria?

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Exchange transfusion

108
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What is the most common type of non falciparum malaria?

109
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What are the characteristics of knowlesi malaria?

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Very fast erythrocytic cycle (24 hours) with end stage involves lysis of RBCs and release of additional parasites

Therefore produces very high parasite counts in a short space of time

110
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Which malaria is associated with nephrotic syndrome?

111
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What is the treatment of non falciparum malaria?

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Chloroquine (unless resistant - ACT)

112
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What medication is added in vivax/ovale malaria and why?

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Primaquine

To destroy liver hypnozoites and prevent relapse

113
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What is the cause and risk factor for melioidosis?

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Gram -ve burkholderia pseudomallei in East Asia and Northern Australia

RF: diabetes

114
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What is the treatment of melioidosis?

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10 days IV ceftazidime/carbapenem

Followed by 20 weeks oral maintenance phase

115
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What is the cause of traveller’s diarrhoea?

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Enterotoxigenic e.coli

116
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What are the features of amoebiasis?

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Long incubation

RUQ pain - liver abscess with anchovy sauce aspirate

117
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What is the treatment of amoebiasis?

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Metronidazole and tinidazole, followed by luminal amoebicide (diloxanide furoate)

118
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How is leptospirosis spread?

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Infected rat urine

119
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What are the early features of leptospirosis?

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Fever, flu like, subconjunctival injection

Lasts a week

120
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What are the features of second immune phase of leptospirosis (Weil’s disease)?

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AKI
Hepatorenal syndrome
Aseptic meningitis

121
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What is the treatment of leptospirosis?

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High dose ben pen or doxy

122
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What is the cause of Q fever?

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Coxiella burnetti

123
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Rickettsia ricketsii causes which illness?

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Rocky mountain spotted fever

124
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What are the features of endemic typhus?

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Rickettssi typhi
Flea vector
Central rash –> peripheral

125
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What are the 2 forms of trypanosomiasis and what are they spread by?

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African (sleeping sickness) –> tsetse fly

American (Chagas disease) –> triatomine bug

126
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What are the features of African trypanosomiasis?

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Intermittent fever
Trypanosoma chancre
Posterior cervical lymphad
Somnelence, reversal of sleep-wake cycle

127
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What is the treatment of African trypanosomiasis?

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IV pentamidine/suramin

If CNS involvement: IV melarosprol

128
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What is the Romana sign?

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Chagoma and periorbital oedema seen in acute phase of American trypanosomiasis

129
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What are the chronic features of Chagas’ disease?

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Myocarditis + dilated cardiomyopathy

Megaoesophagus and megacolon

130
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What spreads leishmaniasis?

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Sandfly bite

131
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What are the 3 forms of leishmaniasis?

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Cutaneous
Mucocutaneous
Visceral

132
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What are the features of visceral leishmaniasis?

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Caused by leishmania donovani
Fevers, rigors
Massive splenomegaly and hepatomegaly
Weight loss
Grey skin (kala-azar)
Pancytopenia
133
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How does toxoplasma gondii cause disease?

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Oocysts release trophozoites which migrate around the body including to the eye, brain or muscle

134
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What are the forms of toxoplasmosis?

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Immunocompetent: asymptomatic/self limiting
HIV: cerebral/chorioretinitis
Congenital (transplacental spread): neuro and ophthalmic damage

135
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What is the pathognomonic rash of strongyloidiasis?

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Larvae currens

136
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What is the treatment of strongyloidiasis?

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Ivermectin

137
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What is Katayama fever?

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Acute schistosomiasis syndrome - fever, urticaria, arthralgia, cough, diarrhoea, eosinophilia

138
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Which form of schistosoma causes terminal haematuria and is a risk factor for squamous cell bladder cancer?

A

Schistosoma haematobiu,

139
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What do schistosoma mansoni and japonicum do?

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Mature in the liver
Travel through the portal system to inhabit the distal colon
Cause hepatosplenomegaly, portal vein congestion, cor pulmonale

140
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What is the commonest cause of visceral larva migrans?

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Toxocara canis

141
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Which tapeworm causes cysticercosis and what is the treatment?

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Taenia solium

Niclosamide

142
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What is the treatment of schistosomiasis?

A

Praziquantel

143
Q

What is the cause of a painless ulcer (chancre)?

A

Syphilis

Treponema pallidum

144
Q

What is the cause of a painful chancroid with ragged border?

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Haemophilus ducreyi

145
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What disease does chlamydia trachomatis cause?

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

146
Q

What are the stages of lymphogranuloma venereum?

A

Small painless ulcer
Painful inguinal lymphad
Proctocolitis

147
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What is the treatment of LGV?

A

Doxycycline

148
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What is the cause of granuloma inguinale?

A

Klebsiella granulomatis

149
Q

What is the treatment of PID?

A

PO olfloxacin + PO metro

OR

IM ceftriaxone + PO doxy + PO metro

150
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What is the treatment of chlamydia?

A

7 days doxycycline

151
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What is the treatment of gonorrhoea?

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IM ceftriaxone 1g

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