Infectious Disease Flashcards
Diarrhea and turtle at home
Nontyphoidal Salmonella
Childcare center, fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, new-onset seizure, leukocytosis, bandemia, and rectal prolapse
Shigella
Diarrhea, high BUN/creatinine, thrombocytopenia, and hemolytic anemia
Hemolytic uremic syndrome E. coli O157: H7
Child with his family to the Bahamas on a cruise ship, all of them have diarrhea, and a large number of people on the ship have the same
Norovirus outbreak
Child had rice in a restaurant, presents with vomiting and diarrhea
Bacillus cereus
Child ate potato salad 3h ago, presents with sudden onset of nausea, vomiting, severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea
Staphylococcus aureus (preformed enterotoxin)
Adolescent recently had grilled rare pork meat presents with acute right lower quadrant (RLQ) abdominal pain, normal appendix on abdominal US
Yersinia enterocolitica
Child living in a farm and has been drinking unpasteurized cow milk, presenting with fever, bloody diarrhea, and vomiting. What is the most likely cause?
Campylobacter jejuni
Campylobacter is associated with which of the following neurological conditions?
Guillain–Barré syndrome
A 6-month-old infant presents with constipation, and poor feeding (mother tried honey for the first time)
Botulism
What is the best test to confirm the diagnosis in the previous case with suspected botulism?
Detection of botulism toxins or spores in stool
Community outbreak of diarrhea, news reports that the drinking water has been contaminated with acid-fast protozoa
Cryptosporidium
What are the common pathogens causing recreational water- associated outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis
Cryptosporidium, Shigella, Giardia, norovirus, and E. coli O157: H7
Traveled to Mexico; foul smelling diarrhea, with burping and flatulence
Giardiasis
Traveled to Mexico; bloody diarrhea, tenesmus, and without fever
Amebiasis (Entamoeba histolytica)
Patient with bloody diarrhea with mucus, fever, abdominal pain, liver abscess and recent travel to Mexico
Entamoeba histolytica Treatment: metronidazole plus paromomycin
What is the best diagnostic test in cases with suspected invasive amebiasis?
Serum antibodies to Entamoeba histolytica
Unimmunized and buccal cellulitis
Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
Adolescent presents with, pneumonia, diarrhea, headache, and confusion
Legionella pneumophila
Adolescent presents with, cough, low-grade fever, headache, wheezing, and negative cold agglutinins
Chlamydia pneumoniae
A 3-day-old newborn, copious purulent eye discharge, and eyelid edema
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
Erythromycin ointment is considered the best regimen for prophylaxis against neonatal conjunctivitis because of its efficacy against
Gonococcal, and nongonococcal nonchlamydial pathogens (does not prevent Chlamydia trachomatis transmission from mother to infant)
A 6-week-old, staccato cough, and eye discharge , eosinophilia, afebrile
Chlamydia trachomatis
A 3-month-old presents with a staccato cough, no fever, and chest radiograph positive for pneumonia
Chlamydia trachomatis
A 16-year-old with fever, recurrent non-productive cough, and malaise; patient was exposed to exotic birds in South America
Chlamydia psittaci
Breeds turkey, high fever, pneumonia, muscle pain, and splenomegaly
Chlamydia psittaci
Fever of unknown origin with elevated liver enzymes, lives on a farm, the most likely cause
Brucella, blood culture is the best test and treat with doxycycline + rifampin
Tick bite, fever, rash, myalgia, headache, pancytopenia, elevated liver enzymes, and hyponatremia
Ehrlichiosis
Tick bite, fever, rash on palms and soles, headache, joint pain, low platelet, and hyponatremia
Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) Rickettsia rickettsii
A 4-year-old with RMSF.What is the drug of choice?
Doxycycline
Connecticut, target skin lesion (erythema migrans), next step
Treat (Lyme disease); do not order serology
Child was camping in a park in NewYork, developed Bell’s palsy, no rash, no other symptoms
Order Lyme serology and treat if positive
A mother found a tick attached to her child’s thigh
Ticks should be removed by using forceps or tweezers without twisting or crushing
Child visited Oklahoma with family, they hunted and skinned rabbits, the child presented with a large lymph node in the groin, and fever
Tularemia (Francisella tularensis)
Neonate, peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line is positive for Candida albicans
Remove the catheter and start IV antifungal
Most common electrolyte disturbances associated with amphotericin B therapy
Hypokalemia Hypomagnesemia
Infant presents with 3days of high fever, febrile seizure, develops a rash when fever resolves
Human herpesvirus 6 infection (roseola infantum)
Fever, headache, runny nose, rash on the cheeks (looks like slapped), lacy rash on both arms
Erythema infectiosum (parvovirus B19)
Very high fever, cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, bluish-gray specks on the buccal mucosa, the maculopapular rash spreading from the head down, splenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy
Measles
Child with mumps. For how long should children with mumps be excluded from school?
5days from onset of parotid gland swelling
During school outbreak of mumps. For how long unimmunized children should be excluded from school?
At least 26days after the onset of parotitis in the last person with mumps in the affected school
Posterior auricular and suboccipital lymphadenopathy, headache, eye pain, sore throat, maculopapular rash, low-grade fever, and chills
German measles (rubella)
Newborn with microcephaly, chorioretinitis, periventricular calcification and a major cause of sensorineural hearing loss
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Newborn with microcephaly, subcortical intracranial calcifications, eye anomalies, and hyperreflexia. Mother immigrated from Brazil 2months before giving birth in the USA.She recalls having a fever in the first trimester
Congenital Zika syndrome
A fully immunized 6-year-old presented with malaise, low-grade fever, and a mild vesicular rash that resembles “dew drops on a rose petal”
Varicella zoster—may have mild episode even if vaccinated
Child is born to a mother who is diagnosed with varicella. When should the varicella zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) be given?
If the mother is diagnosed from 5days before birth to 2days after birth
A 5-year-old male with sudden onset of high fever during the month of March; he has body aches, chills, sore throat, and generalized fatigue
Influenza
A 20-month-old boy with sudden onset of high fever 105°F during the month of January. He has a runny nose, cough, and malaise. O/E: he has nasal flaring and retractions, bilateral rhonchi. Rapid influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) tests are negative. What is the next best step?
Start oseltamivir and order influenza molecular assays (no need to wait for the result in highrisk children before starting the medicine)
Who is at risk of hospitalization and development of complications caused by influenza infection?
Children younger than 2years or who have underlying medical conditions
What is the sensitivity of rapid diagnostic influenza assays test?
Ranges from 10% to 70% (negative test result does not rule out influenza)
What is the sensitivity of influenza molecular assay?
Ranges from 86% to 100%
A 3-year-old male never vaccinated against influenza should receive how many doses?
From 6months to 8years, if never received a previous influenza vaccine, 2 doses separated by 1month are needed, then annually afterward
What is the most common cause of croup in children?
Parainfluenza virus