ID Flashcards
Abx for sinusitis?
1) Amoxicillin/clavulinic acid, Doxycycline, TMP/SMX
What is the organism that causes pneumonia as a complication of influenza?
S. aureus
What is treatment for CMV encephalitis?
IV ganciclovir +/- foscarnet
What sign is seen with Neisseria meningitidis?
petechial rash in lower extremities
ABX that is good at crossing BBB?
ceftriaxone
What test can be used to make initial diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis?
urine and serum polysaccharide antigen test
Signs seen with histoplasmosis?
fever, weight loss, hilar lympadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia
treatment for mild pulmonary histo?
supportive or itraconazole
Treatment for chronic cavitry lesions?
itraconazole for 1 year
Treatment for severe acute pulmonary disease or disseminated disease>
Lipsomoal aphotericine B x 14 days followerd by itraconazole x1 year
What are presentations of CMV>
CMV retinitis- retinal detachment (floaters)
GI and hepatobiliary involvement
CMV pneumonitis
CNS involvement
Treatment for CMV
ganciclovir
What will Labs show with MAC infections?
hypoalbuminemia
Increased serum alk phos
increased LDH
biopsy will shows foamy macrophages and acid fast bacilli
Treatment for MAC?
Clarithryomycin (1)
ethambutol +/- rifabutin is sexond line
Gram negative diplococci?
gonorrhea
What can disseminated disease for gonorrhea present with?
Monoarticular septic arthritis
tenosynovitis
hemorrhagic painful pustules
Treatment for gonorrhea
ceftriaxone IM or cefixime PO
What is the acute illness that can result due to treatment of syphillis?
Jarisch Herheimer reaction- flu like
Described as a beefy red ulcer with a characteristic rolled edge of granulation tissue
Klebsiella granulomatis
What is treatment of klebsiella granulomatis
doxycycline or azithromycin
Treatment for pyelonephritis
fluroquinolones
Treatment for anthrax
ciprofloxacin or doxycycline
can you give doxycycline to preggos and childrens?
no
What is treatment for RMSF?
doxycylcine
or chloramphenicol
What organisms cause otitis externa
pseudomonas and enterobacteriaciae
Is their pain when you tug on pinna in otitis externa
yes, no pain for otitis media