ID Flashcards
distribution of histoplasmosis
mississippi and ohio river valleys
spelunkers, caves, bat and bird droppings- disease
histoplasmosis (fungal)
treatment for histoplasmosis
amphotericin
treatment for vibrio
fluoroquinolone or doxycycline (more serious-> cephalosporin)
management of possible rabies bite
Day 0- 20Iu/kg rabies IG around wound and in site distant from vaccine (or in deltoid/quad if not bite), vaccine
Days 3,7,14- rabies vaccine
how are HAV and HEV transmitted
oral-fecal (vowels hit your bowels)
anti-HBS
recovered or immunized
anti-HBc IgM
early marker of infection, positive in window period
anti-HBc IgG
best marker for prior HBV
HBeAg
high infectivity
Anti-HBeAb
low infectivity
fever, myalgia, headache, diarrhea, little vomiting, MC in kids 1-5 years old
shigella
two bacteria that may mimic appendicitis
campylobacter, shigella
bacteria associated with HUS
enterohemorrhagic e. Coli 0156:H7
mycobacterial infection with skin lesions and neuropathy
leprosy
mycobacterium with CD4<50, TB-like disease
mycobacterium avium intracellulare
mycobacterium with TB-like disease
mycobacterium kansasii
mycobacterium with fish contact, skin lesion, uncommon lymphadenopathy
mycobacterium marinum
mycobacterium with ulcerative skin lesions, rural tropical environment
mycobacterium ulcerans
additional coverage needed for meningitis >age 50
ampicillin (listeria)
brudzinskis sign
bend the brain- flex neck (causes flexion of hip and knees)
kernig’s sign
Knees- inability to extend the knees when hips are flexed
MC cause of meningitis
s. pneumo
MC pathogens in brain abscess
staph and strep species
new seizures and history of eating undercooked pork
cysticercosis
treatment for cysticercosis
albendazole
bug in neurocysticercosis
taenia solium
treatment of toxoplasmosis
sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine (with leucovorin for treatment with pyrimethamine)
treatment for preseptal cellulitis
dc with augmentin x7d, f/u in 48 hours
indications for lateral canthotomy in orbital cellulitis
- decreased visual acuity
- intraocular pressure >40
- significant proptosis
spirochete borrelia burgdorferi causes
lyme disease
erythema migrans- diseae
lyme disease
petechiae involving palms and soles before spreading centrally
RMSF
treatment for lyme disease in pregnant women or kids >8 needing to be treated for more than 21 days
amoxicillin (<21d, kids can take doxy)
treatment for lyme disease with neuro or cardiac manifestations
admission for IV rocephin
two conditions that are associated with jarish herxheimer
lyme disease
syphilis
negative birefringent crystals
gout
MCC viral otitis media
RSV
MCC lung abscess
aspiration (anaerobic)
MCC of septic joint
s. aureus
extra bacteria that should be considered in septic joint in sexually active young adults
gonorrhea
crystals in pseudogout are composed of
calcium pyrophosphate
MCC flexor tenosynovitis
S. aureus (also consider disseminated gonorrhea)
treatment for h. pylori
- PPI
- clarithromycin
- amox or flagyl
how long does tick have to be attached to transmit lyme
48 hours
indications for post-exposure ppx from tick bite
tick was attached for > 36 hours based on certainty of time of exposure or degree of engorgement, the local rate of infection is greater than 20% and doxycycline is not contraindicated (single dose of doxy)
post-exposure prophylaxis after exposure to neisseria meningitidis
- rifampin 600mg BID x2d 2. single dose of cipro
MC protozoal cause of liver abscess
entemoeba histolytica (from contaminated water)
treatment of amebic liver abscess
flagyl 750mg TID x 7days
h/o camping in midwest US now with RUQ pain, fever, cramps, bloody diarrhea
amebic liver abscess, entemoeba histolytica
complications of amebic liver abscess
Pleural effusion, pneumonia, peritonitis, erosion into the pericardium.
where should pertussis samples be otbained from
nasopharynx
MC complication of pertussis in infants
apnea
treatment of pertussis
azithromycin
how many colony forming units are necessary for a positive urine culture
100,000
MCC UTI
e. coli
how long to refrain from contact sports after mono infection
4 weeks
generalized maculopapular rash after treatment with amoxicillin
mono
MC bacteria in nec fasc
b. fragilis and e. coli
3 causes of atypical PNA
- myocoplasma
- chlamydia
- legionella
MCC pneumonia
s. pneumo
MC abdominal CT finding in HSP
“thumbprinting” due to submucosal hemorrhage
age group for HSP
4-12
first line treatment for bacterial rhinosinusitis
augmentin or doxycycline
MC cause of viral pneumonia in adults
influenza
MC viral cause of rhabdo
influenza
multiple cavitary lesions suggestive of what viral infection
influenza (causing s. aureus lung infection)
how should lice be treated
permethrin followed by repeat treatment nine days later to kill any remaining eggs
what lice treatment should be avoided in infants and patients <50kg and why
lindane, causes seizures
typical agent that causes malignant otitis externa
pseudomonas
treatment of malignant otitis externa
surgical debridement and antipseudomonal abx
test that should be sent if concern for PJP pneumonia
LDH
which PCP PNA patients get steroids
PaO2 <70 or A-a gradient >35
MCC pneumonia in HIV positive patients
s. pneumo
mosquito in dengue fever
aedes aegypti
sudden onset of high fever, breakbone fever, retro-orbital headache
dengue fever (several days of fever followed by resolution then a period of resumption of symptoms)
reduviid bug is associated with
chagas disease
diagnosis of fever > 101.4 in any patient with a fever who recently traveled
malaria
MC organism from respiratory cultures in CF
pseudomonas
purulent drainage from a child eye that re-accumulates after it is wiped off
bacterial conjunctivitis
bacteria associated with bacterial conjunctivitis
s. aureus, s. pneumo, h. influenzae, moraxella
treatment for bacterial conjunctivitis in contact lens wearer
fluorquinolone
CD4 in PCP pnuemonia
<200