IDz Flashcards
Criteria for FOUO
> 38.3/100.9*
3 days admitted w/out Dx
3 OutPT visits
Illness x 3wks
What are the categories of FOUO
Nosocomial- admitted PT w/ fever >38.3*C
Neutropenic- in/out PT w/ neutrophils <500 x 3 days no Dx
HIV- PT w/ HIV Dx and fever x 4wks (out) / 3 days (in) w/ 2 day incubation
Organ transplant
What labs are drawn when investigating FOUO
What images are ordered?
Culture prior to ABX, grown x 2wks
Titers
CBC
CRP/ESR
All PTs get CXR (TB risk)
What areas of the body can be biopsied when investigating FOUO?
Empiric ABX are used if DDx includes ?
What Tx is controversial and avoided
LP Lymph Marrow Skin
Infectious dz
Steroids
What biological warfare agents are classified as Category C
What agents are classified as “other important zoonotic” ?
Nipah
Hantavirus
West Nile
Hendra
Rift Valley
Spongiform encephalopathy
Anthrax
Gram + rod shaped Bacillus Anthracis
Contact w/ hides
Ingestion of meat
Inhalation of spores
NOT transmitted person to person
Cutaneous anthrax can be AKA ?
How does this present
Malignant pustule
PEV UB
Pustule Erythematous papul
Vesicle Ulcer Brawny edema
What are the S/Sxs of inhalation anthrax?
What are the two phases?
Malaise, Lymphdenopathy
Initial: viral URI, rhinorrhea, pharyngitis
Later: dyspnea, hemoptysis
S/Sxs of intestinal anthrax
How is anthrax Dx?
GASH
GE Ascites Sepsis Hematemesis/chezia
CXR- wide mediastinum
Rapid ELISA
Culture everything
Anthrax Dx
What is given for postexposure PO prophylaxis
Cipro + LInezolid or Clindamycin
Vaccine +
Cipro or Doxy x 60 days
How are PTs exposed to aerosolized anthrax managed?
How are non-complicated, naturally acquired cutaneous cases of anthrax Tx?
Regardless of vaccination Hx: 60 days of antimicrobial drugs
Cipro x 7-10 days
What are the names of the injection meds for anthrax post-exposure prophylaxis?
These two meds are also approved for use in ? scenarios
Obiltoxaximab, Biothrax
Prevent inhalation anthrax when alternative therapies are unavail/inappropriate
What are the complications that can occur after anthrax?
What are the three types of the ‘zoonotic dz of rodents’?
Scarring
Airway occlusion
Death
Plague:
Bubonic- fleas
Pneumonic- aerosol
Septicemic
S/Sxs of Pneumonic Plague
S/Sxs of Bubonic Plague
S/Sxs of Septicemia Plague
CHAFT Hemoptysis
Chills HA Fever Toxic
BMF
Buboe (inguinal) Malase Fever
CNS, lungs (no buboes)
What would be seen on lab results if plague is present
How is it Tx
What two meds are used for post-exposure prophylaxis
WBC 20K w/ inc bands
Inc split fibrin split (Low DIC)
Inc LFTs
Strepto/Gentamycin
Doxy/Cipro
What are the complications of plague
What are the initial and later rash locations of smallpox?
DIC ARDS Shock Superinfection
Initial: oropharynx, face, forearms
Later: trunk and legs
What is the sequence of a smallpox lesion
Synchronous: MVPSS Maculopapular Vesicle Pustule/pocks Scabs/scars w/ sebaceous destruction
Characteristics of Hemorrhagic Smallpox
Characteristics of Malignant Smallpox
Dusky erythema
Petechia
Hemorrhage of skin/membranes
Lesions
Velvet vesicles
Red fine grained skin
No formation of pustules/scabs
Tx for smallpox?
Tx for small and monkeypox?
How often are new vaccines needed?
Tecovirimat
Cidofovir
10-15yrs
How is post-smallpox exposure prophylaxis managed?
What is the natural reservoir of cow pox?
Vaccinate if within 4 days and no vaccine Hx
CDC guidance for eligibility of Vaccina Immune Globulin within 3 days (best within first 24hrs)
Small wild rodents
What form of variola is more deadly?
Hemorrhagic- uniformly fatal by day 6 of rash
Malignant- frequent fatal
Major- 30%
How long for HSV initial and recurrence Sxs/viral shedding to stop?
How is HSV described in words
Initial: 2wks, 3wks
Rec: 10 days, 5 days
Erythematous papule to vesicle to pustule to ulcer
How is HSV Dx
How is it Tx
Punch biopsy- ImmComp
Tzanck smears- MNG cells
PCR
Culture- CSF, serum
FAV-clovir
Topicals: PA-clovir, Doconasal
How is HPV Dx
Biopsy- ImmComp
PCR- 9 high risk types, 5 low risk types
Cervical Pap
STD panel: Hep HIV Syphillis G/C