ID Flashcards
What is seen on CXR of the inhaled form of Anthrax?
(will be on exam)
Widened mediastinum
What is post-exposure prophylaxis for patients exposed to aerosolized B. anthracis (anthrax)?
Start Cipro w/in 48hrs- treat for 60 days
+
3 dose series of Anthrax vaccine
Although most pts with Toxoplasmosis don’t need treatment, If someone has severe/prolonged infection, or are immunocompromized/pregnant?
- Pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine OR pyrimethamine + clindamycin + leucovorin
- Tx minimum of 2-4 weeks
- Ophthalmology
How do you treat diphtheria? (4)
- Diphtheria equine antitoxin
- Penicillin or erythromycin x14 days
- Remove membrane by laryngoscopy
- ISOLATION until neg culture x3
T/F: the following is some of the diagnostic for chronic lyme disease:
- H/o lyme treatment
- onset of nonspecific sxs (fatigue, arhtralgias, memory disturbances, etc) w/in 6 months
True
The following is caused by what virus?
- Transmission: sex, close contact (daycare), blood, perinatal
- usually asymptomatic but sxs in transplant pt
Cytomegalovirus
What is usually transmitted by the infected saliva of a bat, raccoon or skunk?
Rabies (caused by rhabdovirus)
Which infectious disease?
- Aedes mosquito
- Sexual, vertical or blood transmission
- Sxs: Acute onset fever, maculopapular pruritic rash, nonpurulent conjunctivitis, arthralgias
- most are asymptomatic
Zika
- Which staphylococcal strain is a frequent skin contaminant of blood cultures?
- What do you do to confirm whether a contaminant or a true cause of bacteremia?
- Staph epidermidis
- May have to draw from 2 sites
The following is classic sxs of which disease?
- tonsillitis/pharyngitis, cervical LAD, fever
- Nausea, vomiting, anorexia (mild hepatitis in 90%)
- Splenomegaly (50-60%)
- Resolves in 1-2wks; fatigue persists x months
Infectious mononucleosis caused by EBV
If you have a pregnant woman with Zika virus, what is the management?
Ultrasounds every 3-4wks looking for:
- Congenital microcephaly
- Also may see arthrogryposis (club foot) and spontaneous abortions
Which infectious disease?
•Normal WBC count with immature bands
- Thrombocytopenia
- Hyponatremia
- Elevated LFTs
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
what form of legionella is more mild and has the following:
•Fever, malaise, chills, fatigue, h/a
•No respiratory complaints
•Self-limited
Pontiac fever
How do you prevent rabies? (this is the main tx)
Immunize household pets and ppl w/ signifcant animal exposure
Which disease is usually asymptomatic in immunocompetent patients but can have:
- b/l symmetrical nontender cervical or occipital adenopathy
- Chorioretinitis – visual loss or floaters
Toxoplasmosis
Which infectious disease has a gray membrane covering tonsils & pharynx?
Diphtheria
Which staphylococcal strain is coagulase negative and is a leading cause of UTIs?
Staphylococcus saprophyticus
How do you dx VZV
clinical diagnosis
How do you tx tetanus? (7 most important)
- ICU
- Metronidazole
- Tetanus immune globin
- Tetanus immunization x3
- Benzos
- airway management
- neuromuscular blocking agents
How do you tx Rocky Mountain Spotted fever?
Doxycycline w/in 5 days of onset
When do you give the Herpes Zoster Vaccine?
50+
What 4 things are used to dx Cryptococcosis?
•Respiratory secretion or pleural fluid culture
- LP with CSF analysis
- MRI
- Antigen testing
How do you dx Zika virus?
- Viral RNA or IgM
- real-time RT-PCR of blood or urine for Zika virus RNA
What is PEP for diphtheria?
Booster + penicillin or erythromycin
What causes:
- hemorrhagic mediastinitis
- occasionally necrotizing pneumonia
- Bacteremia
Inhalation clinical syndrome of Anthrax (the most dangerous form)
Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy can cause what 3 things
- Spontaneous abortion
- still-birth
- neonatal disease (neurologic & ophthalmic disorders)
Presentation of which disease?
- Erythema migrans (target lesion) 1 week after bite
- Viral like illness (myalgias, headache, fatigue,etc)
Lyme Disease
Which disease has a bimodal distribution (5-10 and 35-55)
Lyme disease
How do you tx anthrax if it is systemic w/ meningitis?
- Report/consult public health department
- Cipro + meropenem + Linezolid
- Antitoxin
- etc.
How do you tx pontiac fever?
symptomatic tx
How do you dx Toxoplasmosis
Serology- ELISA
Clinical presentation of which condition?
- Prodrome: fever, irritability
- Erythematous patches with large superficial fragile blisters
- When blisters rupture, skin appears red and scalded
- Nikolsky sign (only the first layer)
Staph Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS)
How do you dx Rocky mountain spotted fever?
•Serologic testing with IFA (indirect fluorescent antibody) for R. rickettsia antigen
How do you dx diphtheria?
Clinical dx
confirmed w/ culture and + toxin assay
What are the 3 MC etiologies of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)?
- Infection
- Malignancy
- Connective Tissue Disease
Which infectious disease?
- Virus travels in nerves to the brain, multiplies in brain, then travels along efferent nerves to salivary glands
- Forms cytoplasmic inclusion bodies – site of viral transcription & replication
Rabies
How do you dx tetanus?
clinical dx in setting of tetanus prone injury and hasn’t had tetanus booster in last 5 yrs
How do you dx botulism?
Clinical dx
Toxin in serum, stool, etc
Presentation of what?
- Nodules, widespread infiltrates leading to respiratory failure
- Dissemination:
- CNS - Meningitis, AMS, CN abnormality
- Skin – papules, plaques, abscesses, sinus tracts
- MSK – osteolytic lesions
Cryptococcosis - presentation above is seen in immunodeficient patients
What type of abx should be used to tx SSSS? If there is no response, what 2 meds should you consider?
- Penicillinase-resistant beta-lactam agents (Nafcillin)
- If no response, consider MRSA & tx with vancomycin
What infectious disease causes percussion myoedema (mounding of the muscle at the percussion site)?
Rabies
Which disease?
- Caused by cat feces or eating poorly cooked contaminated meat
Toxoplasmosis
What is the main site of colonization of staphylococcal infections?
Nose
When would you treat VZV and what would you tx with?
Acyclovir w/in 72 hrs of onset
>72 hrs if still getting new lesions
if immunocompromised
What are the two types of CNS presentations of Rabies? What do both forms progress to?
•“furious” – encephalitic
•“dumb” – paralytic
*both forms progress to coma, ANS dysfunction, death
Etiology of Anthrax?
Bacillus anthracis
T/F: CMV can be vertically transmitted and is associated w/ syndrome of congenital CMV in newborns
True