infection Flashcards
25 year old female presents with fever , malaise / lethargy and headaches
what should you consider as most likely diagnosis first?
malaria
what id dengue fever?
transmitted by mosquitos abrupt onset fever headcahe facial flushing maculopapular rash
what does typhoid present with?
Gi symptoms
The diagnosis of malaria is usually confirmed
with thick and thin blood films
Mx of malaria?
quinine
Initial infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is known as primary tuberculosis (C) and is usually asymptomatic/ symptomatic?
asymptomatic
how does cholera present?
main complication
duffuse watery diarhhoea
rice-water stool
significant dehydration
Typhoid (B) is caused by_______ spread by the faeco-oral route and may present with
Salmonella typhi,
gradual onset fever, headache, malaise and either constipation or diarrhoea
what is the most common cause of travellers fever?
e coli
management of cholera?
IV rehydration
painful rash across trunk
prodromal illness of fever and malaise was present 2/3 days ago
chicken pox
VZV
presentation of shingles
prodromal phase
eruption of a painful blistering rash in a dermatomal patterne
mx of shingles?
caused by VZV
acicylovir oral
IV if immunocompromised
yellow coloured penile discharge
gonorrhoea or chalmydia?
gonorrhoea
genital herpes management
HSV1 / 2
aciclovir
most common type of viral hep worldwide?
hep A
contaminated water
jaundice and fever and anorexia and n&V
mx of hep a?
conservative
hep C mx?
v
whooping cough
Petrussis (E) is whooping cough and is caused by the gram-negative bacteria Bordetella pertussis. The absence of the paroxysms of coughing seen in whooping cough make this the incorrect answer.
most common bacterial cause of meningitis in adults
strep pneumoniae
neisserias meningitides
non blanching rash points to which meninigtis causative agent
neiserria meningitides
_____ caused by water-borne flukes. Snail vectors release cercariae into the water where they can penetrate the skin or mucous membranes of humans. An itchy papular rash (known as a swimmer’s itch) may develop at the site of penetration
schistosomiasis
patchy rash maculopapular splenomegaly fever malaise headache and dry cough low WCC count
typhoid
lockjaw suggest what infectious disease?
tetanus
most common cause of septic arthritis in a young patient is
gonococcal
gram negative diplococci
neisseria gonnorrhoeae
Candida albicans (C) is a fungal infection that may colonize the oesophagus of patients with HIV,
causing dysphagia and ulcers
Human herpes virus type 3 is also known as ?
VZV
Mx of hep B
tenofovir