ID Flashcards
What are the five most common causes of fever in a returning traveler?
Malaria, dengue, typhoid fever, Mono, rickettsia
A blood culture with which organism should never be considered a contaminant?
Candida
Patients who have internuclear Or intracytoplasmic inclusions on a urinalysis, increasing creatinine level, and status post transplant on tacrolimus are likely to have what condition?
Human polyomavirus (Bk) nephropathy.
Bacillus anthracis TX?
Ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, doxycycline
Gram pos aerobic organism, appears as sporulating rod on microscopy. Mediastinal widening from hemorrhagic lymphadenitis is classic, Dx?
Bacillus anthracis
Gram neg coccobacilli w/bipolar staining “safety pin” Dx?
Yersinia pestis
Yersinia Tx?
Streptomycin or Gentamicin
What two antibiotics are most commonly used for the treatment of diverticulitis?
Ciprofloxacin and Metronidazole
Adrenal hemorrhage, hypotension, DIC Dx?
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome (meningococcemia)
Black eschar on face of patient with diabetic ketoacidosis
Mucor or Rhizopus fungal infection
Back pain, fever, night sweats Dx?
Pott disease (vertebral TB)
With terminal complement deficiency, to which organism are patients most susceptible?
Neisseria meningitidis
Which HIV medication requires you to check HLA B-5701 to prevent hypersensitivity reaction?
Abacavir
Which HIV medication is known to cause an asymptomatic elevation in MCV?
Zidovudine
Painless erythematous lesions on palms and soles
Janeway lesions (infective endocarditis, septic emboli/microabscesses)
Painful, raised red lesions on pads of fingers/toes
Osler nodes (infective endocarditis, immune complex deposition)
Chancroid TX?
Azithromycin, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, erythromycin
Indurated, ulcerated genital lesion
Nonpainful: chancre (primary syphilis, Treponema pallidum) Painful with exudate: chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi)
Large rash with bulls-eye appearance
Erythema chronicum migrans from
Ixodes tick bite (Lyme disease: Borrelia) Tx: doxycycline
What reflexes (increased/decreased) would you expect with someone who is diagnosed with West Nile Virus meningitis?
Decreased
What organism is known to cause Q fever?
Coxiella burnetti
What organism is known as the”great mimicker” of appendicitis?
Yersinia enterocolitica
What is the number of dermatomes over which a patient with Herpes Zoster virus requires both contact and airborne precautions?
Two dermatomes
What organism can cause febrile, hemolytic anemia esp in pts who visited Nantucket or Long Island area?
Babesia microti
What is the most likely organism that causes post partum endometritis?
Group B Streptococcus(Streptococcus agalactiae)
Retinal hemorrhages with pale centers
Roth spots (bacterial endocarditis)
Red “currant jelly” sputum in alcoholic or diabetic patients
Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia
Strawberry tongue”
Scarlet fever, Kawasaki disease (only time to give children aspirin)
Splinter hemorrhages in fingernails
Bacterial endocarditis
Smooth, moist, painless, wart-like white lesions on genitals
Condylomata lata (2º syphilis)
Small, irregular red spots on buccal/lingual mucosa with blue-white centers
Koplik spots (measles [rubeola] virus)
Rash on palms and soles. 3 DX.
Coxsackie A, 2º syphilis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever
What is the most common cause of septic arthritis in individuals greater than 40 years of age?
Staph aureus
What is the most common cause of pneumonia in HIV patients?
Streptococcus pneumoniae
What is the MOST common cause of aseptic meningitis?
Enterovirus (more than echovirus)
What is the main vector of Lyme Disease in North America?
Ixodes scapularis