ID Flashcards
What drugs cover MRSA?
daptomycin
linezolid
vanc
bactrim
Describe coverage of doxycycline
good for outpatient CAP
Describe cipro coverage
good gram neg coverage
What is the drug of choice for pneumocystis pneumonia?
TMP + SMX
What is the coverage of ampicillin and gentamicin
good against gram negative aerobes, used for abdominal infections
What is the treatment for a patient with latent TB? (no chest X ray findings)
9 months of treatment with isoniazid
what is the treatment for a tick found 24 hours after a hike?
doxycycline
What are the side effects of INH and how can they be prevented?
neuropathy - give pyroxidine
A patient shows up with fever, sore throat and thumbprint sign on lateral films. What should be your next steps?
admit to ICU and ENT consult
A type 2 diabetes patient complains of ear pain with purulant discharge. This is likely…
pseudomonas aeruginosa
A patient presents with fever, headache, retro-orbital pain, severe musculoskeletal pain and rash after travel to the Carribean. Wht is this and what causes this?
this is the immunologic phase of dengue (also get aseptic meningitis, HSM). caused by leptospirosis, a spirochete
A patient presents with influenzea illness, abdominal discomfort, constipation and some bloody diarrhea. they later develop rose colored macules. This is…
typhoid fever
A patient is suspected to have active TB. What should be your next steps?
respiratory isolation, sputum culture/AFB stain to confirm
What are the stages of lyme disease?
stage 1: erythema migrans,
stage 2: facial nerve palsy
stage 3: recurrent and destructive oligocarticular arthritis
What is the appropriate course of tx for uncomplicated cystitis?
3 days trimethoprim -sulbactam
A patient presents with low back pain after tx for pyelonephritis. What study should you do next?
MRI for osteo - commonly hematogenous spread to spine
What is the presentation of yersinia enterocolitica?
fever, abdominal cramps, no diarrhea - pseudoappendicitis
A patient presents with papules, vesicles and scabs in various stages of development. It is accompanied by pneumonia like process. This is
chickenpox
A patient with PMH HIV pw CD4 count 50, chronic bloody diarrhea. Biopsy shows large cells with eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions. This is likely…
CMV
A patient with HIV presents with bloody diarrhea and flask shaped colonic ulcers. This is…
entameba histolytica
A patient who was in septic shock presents with symmetric duskiness and coolness in the fingertips. This is likely caused by…
norepinephrine induced vasospasm
A patient in the south presents with tick bite, febrile illness, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia as well as elevated liver enzymes. This is …
ehrlichiosis
C3 deficiency predisposes patients for..
recurrent bacterial infections
C5-C8 deficiencies predispose patients for…
recurrent neiserria infections
Phagocytic deficienices (chronic granulomatous disease, etc) predipose patients for…
pyogenic bacterial infections
What vaccines should not be given to HIV positive patients?
BCG, anthrax, oral thyphoid, polio, varicella, zoster
A diabetic patient presents with right sided nasal congestion, necrosis of the right nasal turbinate and tenderness of the maxillary sinus as well as chemosis and proptosis. This is likely caused by…
rhizopus species - mucormycosis
What organisms most frequently cause osteomyelitis?
staph, pseudomonas
What antibiotic regimen can cover human bites?
amoxicillin clavulonate
What is the drug of choice for legionella?
erythromycin
What is the antibiotic regimen recommended for patients with febrile neutropenia?
IV cefipime - should cover pseudomonas
a patient presents with fatigue, fever, muscle aches. PBS shows large basophilic lymphocytes with vacuolated appearence. this is…
CMV
A patient with diabetes presents with slow growing non tender mass in the face with yellow pus. Culture shows gram pos branching bacilli. Tx with?
penicillin - this is cervicofacial actinomyces
A patient presents with fever and crusting lesions following an injury in the garden. What is the tx?
trimethroprim sulbactam for Nocordia (aerobic filamentous gram + rod)
A patient with cats presents with a rash over the right hand (pruritic vesicles) and swollen lymph nodes in the axilla. Positive Warthin Starry stain. Tx with
azithromycin for 5 days- this is cat scratch disease caused by bartonella hensale