Infections Flashcards
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Coxsackie Virus
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- West Nile Virus
- Naegleria fowleri
- Toxoplasm Gondii
- Meningococcus
- Cytomegalovirus
- H. Influenzae
- Herpes Simplex
- Candida
A 6 month old boy presents in A&E with a headache, stiff neck and a non-specific rash. He was covering his eyes with his hands
Coxsackie virus
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Coxsackie Virus
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- West Nile Virus
- Naegleria fowleri
- Toxoplasm Gondii
- Meningococcus
- Cytomegalovirus
- H. Influenzae
- Herpes Simplex
- Candida
32 year old male’s CT scan shows enhancement of the basal cistern and meninges. He is HIV positive
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Coxsackie Virus
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- West Nile Virus
- Naegleria fowleri
- Toxoplasm Gondii
- Meningococcus
- Cytomegalovirus
- H. Influenzae
- Herpes Simplex
- Candida
CSF aspiration of this patient appeared turbid. The protein content was >0.6g/l and the glucose level was 0.5mmol/l
Meningococcus
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Coxsackie Virus
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- West Nile Virus
- Naegleria fowleri
- Toxoplasm Gondii
- Meningococcus
- Cytomegalovirus
- H. Influenzae
- Herpes Simplex
- Candida
This pathogen is treated with cefotaxime
H. Influenzae
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Coxsackie Virus
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- West Nile Virus
- Naegleria fowleri
- Toxoplasm Gondii
- Meningococcus
- Cytomegalovirus
- H. Influenzae
- Herpes Simplex
- Candida
The CSF of this patient was sent for a special bacteriological staining
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Amophotericin B
- Echinocandins
- Aspergillosis
- Fluconazole
- Blastomycosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Candida endophthalmitis
- Pulmonary cryptococcal infection
- Candida tropicalis
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Cryptococcosis neoformans
- Voriconazole
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Zygomyces
- Dermatophyte
A young infant has generalized candidiasis with notable involvement of body creases (groin, axillae, neck, cubital fossae). What is this secondary to?
Seborrhoeic dermatitis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Amophotericin B
- Echinocandins
- Aspergillosis
- Fluconazole
- Blastomycosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Candida endophthalmitis
- Pulmonary cryptococcal infection
- Candida tropicalis
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Cryptococcosis neoformans
- Voriconazole
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Zygomyces
- Dermatophyte
48 year old lady presents to A&E with fever, fatigue, vomiting, headache, confusion and neck stiffness. Her notes reveals that she is HIV positive. A lumbar puncture was performed. Which organism was revealed on examination of the CSF?
Cryptococcosis neoformans
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Amophotericin B
- Echinocandins
- Aspergillosis
- Fluconazole
- Blastomycosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Candida endophthalmitis
- Pulmonary cryptococcal infection
- Candida tropicalis
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Cryptococcosis neoformans
- Voriconazole
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Zygomyces
- Dermatophyte
83 year old man, who wears dentures, presents with thick white deposits on his oral mucous membranes. Microscopy shows the organism is Candida albicans. What anti-fungal drug should he be started on?
Fluconazole
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Amophotericin B
- Echinocandins
- Aspergillosis
- Fluconazole
- Blastomycosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Candida endophthalmitis
- Pulmonary cryptococcal infection
- Candida tropicalis
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Cryptococcosis neoformans
- Voriconazole
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Zygomyces
- Dermatophyte
41 year old man recently had a stem cell transplant. A CT scan of his thorax showed several nodules demonstrating the “halo sign”. What condition does this CT scan suggest?
Aspergillosis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Amophotericin B
- Echinocandins
- Aspergillosis
- Fluconazole
- Blastomycosis
- Histoplasmosis
- Candida endophthalmitis
- Pulmonary cryptococcal infection
- Candida tropicalis
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis
- Cryptococcosis neoformans
- Voriconazole
- Cryptococcus gattii
- Zygomyces
- Dermatophyte
This antifungal works by stimulating cell death. It does this by creating pores in the cell membrane, causing leakage of electrolytes and cytoplasm.
Amophotericin B
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Histoplasma Capsulatum
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Microsporum audoni
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Fusarium spp.
- Coccoides immitis
- Candida albicans
- Malassezia furfur
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Rhizopus arrhizus
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
- Aspergillus niger
- Candida tropicalis
- Coccidioides immitis
- Epidermophyton floccosum
A 19 year old Afro-Caribbean man presents to the GP with a 6 week history of a rash. Examination reveals patchy hypopigmentation over the arms, trunk and neck.
Malassezia furfur
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Histoplasma Capsulatum
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Microsporum audoni
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Fusarium spp.
- Coccoides immitis
- Candida albicans
- Malassezia furfur
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Rhizopus arrhizus
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
- Aspergillus niger
- Candida tropicalis
- Coccidioides immitis
- Epidermophyton floccosum
A 45 year old businessman presents with pain and blurred vision in his right eye. He remembers something hitting him in the eye when tending to his uncle’s farm while on holiday in India.
Fusarium spp.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Histoplasma Capsulatum
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Microsporum audoni
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Fusarium spp.
- Coccoides immitis
- Candida albicans
- Malassezia furfur
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Rhizopus arrhizus
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
- Aspergillus niger
- Candida tropicalis
- Coccidioides immitis
- Epidermophyton floccosum
A 38 year old HIV-positive woman presents with fever, headache and confusion. Several weeks ago she had a cough. India ink staining of her CSF revealed budding yeast cells surrounded by a wide gelatinous capsule.
Cryptococcus neoformans
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Histoplasma Capsulatum
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Microsporum audoni
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Fusarium spp.
- Coccoides immitis
- Candida albicans
- Malassezia furfur
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Rhizopus arrhizus
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
- Aspergillus niger
- Candida tropicalis
- Coccidioides immitis
- Epidermophyton floccosum
A 52 year old man with a history of poorly controlled diabetes presents with fever, facial pain and black nasal discharge. He is given amphotericin B and posaconazole, and sent for urgent surgical debridement.
Rhizopus arrhizus
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Histoplasma Capsulatum
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Microsporum audoni
- Trichophyton rubrum
- Cryptococcus neoformans
- Fusarium spp.
- Coccoides immitis
- Candida albicans
- Malassezia furfur
- Aspergillus fumigatus
- Rhizopus arrhizus
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
- Aspergillus niger
- Candida tropicalis
- Coccidioides immitis
- Epidermophyton floccosum
A 10 year old girl presents with cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain and haemoptysis 1 month after an allogeneic bone marrow transplant for leukaemia. CXR shows multiple pulmonary nodules. Sputum cultured on Sabouraud’s agar produces green colonies with white periphery.
Aspergillus fumigatus
Choose the most appropriate treatment from the list.
- Clindamycin 600mg TID
- Albendazole 400mg BID
- Mebendazole 100mg BID
- Mebendazole 250mg BID
- Quinine 650mg TID
- Metronidazole 500mg TID
- Metronidazole 250mg TID
- Tetracycline 500mg QID
- Amphotericin B
- Nitazoxanide 250mg BID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg BID
- Metronidazole 125mg TID
- Doxycycline 100mg BID
- Doxycycline 500mg BID
- Tetracycline 250mg QID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg TID
Giardia lamblia
Metronidazole 250mg TID
Choose the most appropriate treatment from the list.
- Clindamycin 600mg TID
- Albendazole 400mg BID
- Mebendazole 100mg BID
- Mebendazole 250mg BID
- Quinine 650mg TID
- Metronidazole 500mg TID
- Metronidazole 250mg TID
- Tetracycline 500mg QID
- Amphotericin B
- Nitazoxanide 250mg BID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg BID
- Metronidazole 125mg TID
- Doxycycline 100mg BID
- Doxycycline 500mg BID
- Tetracycline 250mg QID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg TID
Cryptosporidium parvum
Nitazoxanide 500mg BID
Choose the most appropriate treatment from the list.
- Clindamycin 600mg TID
- Albendazole 400mg BID
- Mebendazole 100mg BID
- Mebendazole 250mg BID
- Quinine 650mg TID
- Metronidazole 500mg TID
- Metronidazole 250mg TID
- Tetracycline 500mg QID
- Amphotericin B
- Nitazoxanide 250mg BID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg BID
- Metronidazole 125mg TID
- Doxycycline 100mg BID
- Doxycycline 500mg BID
- Tetracycline 250mg QID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg TID
Entamoeba histolytica
Metronidazole 500mg TID
Choose the most appropriate treatment from the list.
- Clindamycin 600mg TID
- Albendazole 400mg BID
- Mebendazole 100mg BID
- Mebendazole 250mg BID
- Quinine 650mg TID
- Metronidazole 500mg TID
- Metronidazole 250mg TID
- Tetracycline 500mg QID
- Amphotericin B
- Nitazoxanide 250mg BID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg BID
- Metronidazole 125mg TID
- Doxycycline 100mg BID
- Doxycycline 500mg BID
- Tetracycline 250mg QID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg TID
Leishmania (mucosal)
Amphotericin B
Choose the most appropriate treatment from the list.
- Clindamycin 600mg TID
- Albendazole 400mg BID
- Mebendazole 100mg BID
- Mebendazole 250mg BID
- Quinine 650mg TID
- Metronidazole 500mg TID
- Metronidazole 250mg TID
- Tetracycline 500mg QID
- Amphotericin B
- Nitazoxanide 250mg BID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg BID
- Metronidazole 125mg TID
- Doxycycline 100mg BID
- Doxycycline 500mg BID
- Tetracycline 250mg QID
- Nitazoxanide 500mg TID
Balantidium coli
Tetracycline 500mg QID
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pneumonitis jiroveci
- Cutaneous larva migrans
- Filariasis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Scabies
- Candidiasis
- Salmonella
- Ascariasis
- Taenia saginata
- Schistosomiasis
- Giardiasis
- Amoebic liver abscess
- Crab lice
- Malaria
- Cysticercosis
- Tinea pedis
A teenager presents to the GP with a one week history of intense pruritus. O/E you find a thin linear red burrow tracking along the dorsal aspect of the elbow.
Scabies
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pneumonitis jiroveci
- Cutaneous larva migrans
- Filariasis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Scabies
- Candidiasis
- Salmonella
- Ascariasis
- Taenia saginata
- Schistosomiasis
- Giardiasis
- Amoebic liver abscess
- Crab lice
- Malaria
- Cysticercosis
- Tinea pedis
A 38-year-old female care home worker presents to the GP with a one week history of cramping, bloating and diarrhoea. She says her symptoms worsen when she drinks milk.
Giardiasis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pneumonitis jiroveci
- Cutaneous larva migrans
- Filariasis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Scabies
- Candidiasis
- Salmonella
- Ascariasis
- Taenia saginata
- Schistosomiasis
- Giardiasis
- Amoebic liver abscess
- Crab lice
- Malaria
- Cysticercosis
- Tinea pedis
A 42-year-old male presents to the A&E complaining of RUQ abdominal pain and dysentery. When asked he tells you he has recently returned from a business trip in Nigeria. An ultrasound is done which shows a mass in the liver.
Amoebic liver abscess
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pneumonitis jiroveci
- Cutaneous larva migrans
- Filariasis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Scabies
- Candidiasis
- Salmonella
- Ascariasis
- Taenia saginata
- Schistosomiasis
- Giardiasis
- Amoebic liver abscess
- Crab lice
- Malaria
- Cysticercosis
- Tinea pedis
A 25-year-old male presents to the A&E with severe watery diarrhoea, cramping and fever. He is confused. Upon questioning he tells you he is HIV positive.
Cryptosporidiosis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pneumonitis jiroveci
- Cutaneous larva migrans
- Filariasis
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Scabies
- Candidiasis
- Salmonella
- Ascariasis
- Taenia saginata
- Schistosomiasis
- Giardiasis
- Amoebic liver abscess
- Crab lice
- Malaria
- Cysticercosis
- Tinea pedis
A 19-year-old presents to the A&E in a prolonged seizure. His mother says it has never happened before. On further questioning she tells you they are recently returned from Africa and her son had been complaining of headaches, dizziness and diarrhoea.
Cysticercosis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Candida Albicans
- Toxoplasmosis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Varicella Zoster virus
- HHV 8
- JC Virus
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Pneumocystic Jiroveci
- Scabies
A child previously diagnosed with HIV presents with a non-itchy, thick scaly rash on their limbs, trunk and scalp.
Scabies
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Candida Albicans
- Toxoplasmosis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Varicella Zoster virus
- HHV 8
- JC Virus
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Pneumocystic Jiroveci
- Scabies
A 9 year old child is brought to your clinic with gradually worsening weakness and speech difficulties. When you examine him you notice increasing visual loss and cognitive deterioration.
JC Virus
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Candida Albicans
- Toxoplasmosis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Varicella Zoster virus
- HHV 8
- JC Virus
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Pneumocystic Jiroveci
- Scabies
A neonate presents with poor feeding and failure to thrive. You notice white deposits on her gums.
Candida Albicans
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Candida Albicans
- Toxoplasmosis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Varicella Zoster virus
- HHV 8
- JC Virus
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Pneumocystic Jiroveci
- Scabies
After several weeks of malaise and a low fever, a 14 year old boy presents to your clinic with increasing dyspnoea and a dry cough. A CXR shows widespread pulmonary infiltrates.
Pneumocystic Jiroveci
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Candida Albicans
- Toxoplasmosis
- Cytomegalovirus
- Varicella Zoster virus
- HHV 8
- JC Virus
- Molluscum contagiosum
- Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
- Pneumocystic Jiroveci
- Scabies
A 6 year old boy with bilateral parotid swelling and raised papules around his mouth with scarring present where his parents report he has been scratching the rash.
Molluscum contagiosum
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- CCR7
- dsDNA
- RTIP
- CCR5
- dsRNA
- gp121
- gp41
- ssDNA
- NNRTI
- gp120
- CD4
- CD20
- ssRNA
- gp70
- CD8
- NNPTI
HIV surface protein essential for HIV entry into cells
gp120
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- CCR7
- dsDNA
- RTIP
- CCR5
- dsRNA
- gp121
- gp41
- ssDNA
- NNRTI
- gp120
- CD4
- CD20
- ssRNA
- gp70
- CD8
- NNPTI
Co-receptor for HIV entry into cells. Mutations in this receptor can give some protection to certain HIV strains.
CCR5
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- CCR7
- dsDNA
- RTIP
- CCR5
- dsRNA
- gp121
- gp41
- ssDNA
- NNRTI
- gp120
- CD4
- CD20
- ssRNA
- gp70
- CD8
- NNPTI
Class of drugs used in HIV
NNRTI
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- CCR7
- dsDNA
- RTIP
- CCR5
- dsRNA
- gp121
- gp41
- ssDNA
- NNRTI
- gp120
- CD4
- CD20
- ssRNA
- gp70
- CD8
- NNPTI
Genome of HIV
ssDNA
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- CCR7
- dsDNA
- RTIP
- CCR5
- dsRNA
- gp121
- gp41
- ssDNA
- NNRTI
- gp120
- CD4
- CD20
- ssRNA
- gp70
- CD8
- NNPTI
HIV transmembrane protein essential for entry into cells
gp41
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pseudomembranous candidiasis
- Measles
- Hyperplastic candidiasis
- Scabies
- Oral hairy leukoplakia
- Atrophic candidiasis
- Herpes simplex virus
- Dental caries
- Varicella zoster virus
- TB
A 4-year-old HIV-infected boy presents to a clinic with a 3-day history of buccal lesions. Today, his parents have also noticed a rash, fever and cough.
Measles
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pseudomembranous candidiasis
- Measles
- Hyperplastic candidiasis
- Scabies
- Oral hairy leukoplakia
- Atrophic candidiasis
- Herpes simplex virus
- Dental caries
- Varicella zoster virus
- TB
A 39-year-old HIV-infected woman presents to the clinic with burning discomfort in her mouth accentuated by acidic or spicy food. On examination, there are bright red lesions on her palate and tongue with depapillated areas.
Atrophic candidiasis
Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.
- Pseudomembranous candidiasis
- Measles
- Hyperplastic candidiasis
- Scabies
- Oral hairy leukoplakia
- Atrophic candidiasis
- Herpes simplex virus
- Dental caries
- Varicella zoster virus
- TB
A 25-year-old HIV-infected male during a routine appointment on examination has white bilateral lesions on his tongue unaffected by scraping with a tongue blade.
Oral hairy leukoplakia