ID 2

Question 1

First-line Tx for actinomycosis

Answer 1

Penicillin G

Question 2

Which is weakly acid-fast: Nocardia or Actinomyces?

Answer 2

Nocardia

Question 3

First-line Tx for pertussis

Answer 3

azithromycin (Whoop it with a Z-pack!)

Question 4

Treatment window for pertussis

Answer 4

up to 3-6 weeks from symptom onset

Question 5

ART should be started within __ weeks for patients with TB and CD4 <50.

Answer 5

2

Question 6

When starting HAART and TB Tx, pts w/ CD4<100 may also benefit from ______.

Answer 6

corticosteroids (to prevent IRIS)

Question 7

_____s are preferred for the treatment of C. glabrata or C krusei.

Answer 7

echinocandins

Question 8

What are the echinocandins?

Answer 8

micafungin, caspofungin, and anidulafungin

Question 9

Fungal infection that causes black eschar

Answer 9

Mucormycosis

Question 10

Txfor mucormycosis

Answer 10

Amphericin B + surgical debridement

Question 11

Voriconazole treats Aspergillus but not _____.

Answer 11

mucormycosis

Question 12

Tx for mild blastomycosis limited to skin and lungs

Answer 12

itraconazole

Question 13

Small, round fungus often found w/in pulmonary macrophages

Answer 13

Histoplasmosis

Question 14

Fungus that appears as large spherules

Answer 14

Coccidoides

Question 15

Serum test for chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Answer 15

Aspergillus IgG