ID Flashcards
Screening test for TB?
Mantoux
then IGRA if positive
Chlamydia treatment
Doxy 100mg BD 7 days
or
Azithro 1g then 500mg OD 2 days
If pregnant - azithro (or amox / erythro)
Gonorrhoea treatment
Ciprofloxacin 500mg PO single dose
Ceftriaxone 1g IM
Headlice treatment - what and how
dimeticone
apply to dry hair, leave for 8 hours and wash off, repeat after 7 days
Post-exposure prophylaxis duration
28 days (start within 72 hours of contact)
Treatment for severe campylobacter
Clarithromycin
Candidal fungal nail infection treatment
Itraconazole
Alkalinising agents (e.g. potassium citrate) reduce effectiveness of which drug?
Nitrofurantoin (benefits from low pH)
Most common organism in balanitis
Candida albicans
Bacterial vaginosis pre-termination
Has to be treated
Metronidazole PO or PV, or PV clindamycin
BV in pregnancy
Oral metronidazole
Pelvic inflammatory disease treatment
IM ceftriazone, 14 days oral doxycycline + metronidazole
2nd line oral ofloxacin + metronidazole
Antibiotic class to avoid in severe CKD
tetracyclines - renally excreted
Invasive diarrhoea requiring treatment (bloody, fever, unwell), Rx?
Clari for campylobacter
Cipro for shigella/salmonella
Metro for giardia
Sinusitis <10 days and well - Rx?
Nothing
