Infection Notes Flashcards
Abdominal infections treatment
Co-amoxiclav, unless C. Diff
Influenza treatment
Oseltamivir in immunocompromised
Community meningitis treatment
Benzylpenicillin
Hospital meningitis treatment
<3 months - Cefotraxime and amoxicillin
>3 months - ceftriaxone
TB treatment
RIPE
- Rifampicin (orange secretions)
- Isanozid (peripheral neuropathy)
- Pyrazinamide (gout)
- Ethambutol (eye problems)
Malaria mosquito
Anophales not aedes
Malaria treatment
Quinine
Mumps sy
Parotid swelling
Measles sy
Koplik sots, maculopapular rash
STI treatment
Cla - azithromycin
Gon - cephalosporin
Syph - penicillin
Typhoid sy
Rose spots, diarrhoea
Relative bradycardia
Typhoid mx
Cephalosporin (ceftriaxone)
Rabies ax
Lysavirus
Brucellosis sy
Drenching sweats, joint pain, around farm animals
Brucellosis mx
Deoxycycline and rifampicin