ID Flashcards

1
Q

Top diagnoses in return travelers with fever (3)

A

malaria
traveler’s diarrhea
URTI

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2
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Workup of return traveler with fever

A
CBC + diff
Lytes/BUN/creat
\+/-Malaria thick and thin 
BC
UA
\+/- stool cx or O&P
\+/- Dengue serology (incubation two weeks)
\+/- CXR
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3
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Factors for malaria tx (3 questions to ask yourself)

A

is it falciparum
is there end-organ dysfunction
is there resistance in the area it was contracted

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4
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Mumps

  • incubation period
  • treatment (3)
A

incubation period 16-18 days
viral meningitis (1-10%)
oophoritis (5%)
orchitis (20-30%)

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5
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Syphilis

  • different stages
  • tx

*card not finished

A

PrimaryPainless chancre
Secondary: palms & soles

Tx: Penicillin

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6
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At risk for STI

  • card not finished
A

Sex with someone infected
Serial monogamy
<25yrs

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7
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Ophthalmia neonatorum

  • etiology (<24hrs, 1wk, 3wks)
  • complications (3)
  • dx
A

<24hrs (chemical), 1 wk (gonorrhea), 3 wks (chlamydia)

Blind
corneal ulcer/scarring
permanent visual impairment

dx: need tissue culture (conjunctival cells)

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