ID Flashcards
Most common cause of bacterial pharyngitis
Group A beta-hemolytic strep
CENTOR criteria for strep
Cough absent Exudative tonsils Nodes (anterior cervical chain) Temperature >38C Age <15 (+1) or >45 (-1)
score 0-2 –> no culture or abx
Score 3 = culture, tx if +ve
score >/=4 = culture, tx with abx on clinical grounds, d/c if culture negative
Abx for treatment of strep throat reduces risk of post-strep glomerulonephritis T/F
False
Metronidazole and EtOH reaction
Disulfiram-like toxicity
Chest pain, vertigo, vomiting, diaphoresis, metallic taste, erythema, conjunctival injection
3 important opportunistic infections related to HIV pts
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Mycobacterium avium complex
Toxoplasmosis
PCP prophylaxis in HIV starts at CD4 count of
<200cells/mm3
Toxoplasmosis prophylaxis in HIV starts at CD4 count of
<100cells/mm3
Causes toxoplasmosis encephalitis (ring-enhancing lesions on CT head)
Myocbacterium avium infection prophyalxis starts at CD4 count of
<50 cells/mm3
PCP prophylaxis in HIV pts
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
Toxoplasmosis prophylaxis in HIV pts
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
TB prophylaxis
Used in pts with latent TB infection (secondary preventon)
Isonizid + pyridoxine (to avoid vit B6 dficiency) x 9mo
Amphotericin B
Tx for cryptococcal neoformans meningoencephalitis in AIDS patients
Prophylaxis against opportunistic infection of cryptococcal neoformans meningoencephalitis
Fluconazole
Prophylaxis against isoniazid-resistant TB
Rifampin
MAC prophylaxis agent
Azithromycin
Febrile neutropenia etiology
Pseudomonas (gram -ve)
Gram +ve organisms becoming more common
Parasite responsible for malaria
Plasmodium falciparum
Screening test for malaria
Falciparum screen
Tx for malaria
IV artesunate
Empiric abx for febrile neutropenia
Pip-tazo/Meropenem/Cefipime +/- vanco
Functional asplenism, increased susceptibility to encapsulated organisms
S.pneumoniae
N. meningitides
H. influenza
Salmonella