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
Leptosporosis mx
Deoxycycline
Lyme disease ax
Borrelia burgderferi
Lyme disease sy
Erythema migrans
Lyme disease rx
Deoxycycline
Dengue sy
Sudden fever and headache
Severe myalgia
Schistosomiasis sy
Itch, splenomegaly, eosinophilia
Schistosomiasis mx
Praziquantel
Tick typhus ae
Ricketsiosis
Tick typhus sy
Sudden fever, confusion, endovasculitis, bleeding
Tick typhus mx
Tetracycline
Zika ax
Flavivirus
Hep - chronic
All but A, E only in immunocompromised
Hep vaccines
All but C, E only in China
Hep tranmission
B and C parenteral and sexual, rest only parenteral
E-coli 0157 mx
No antibiotics as increases risk of HUS
Influenza severity assessment
- CURB 65
- Confusion
- Urea > 7mmol/L
- RR > 30
- Blood pressure (diastolic <60 or systolic <90)
Leptospirosis sy
- Triad
- Jaundice
- AKI
- Bleeding
Antifungal prophylaxis
Itraconazole and posazonazole
Aspergillus mx
Varicanazole and isavunazole
Candida mx
Echinocandins and fluconazole
Cryptococcus neoformans mx
Amphotericin B and flucytosine
Malaria sy
Fevor, rigor, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, mild jaundice
Viral causes meningitis
- Enteroviruses
- Echoviruses
- Parechoviruses
- Coxsackie A and B
- Poliovirus
- Herpes simplex virus