Infectious disease Flashcards
Malaria Tx
Chloroquine sensitive areas - ACT or chloroquine
If chloroquine res - ACT (Artemisinin based combo therapy)
In ovale/vivax then primaquine after acute tx to destroy hypnozoites + prevent rlapse
Typically farmer, fever, transaminitis, atypical pneumonia, endocarditis.
Dx, Mx
Q Fever
Coxella burnetii (a rickettsia)
Typically farmer, fever, transaminitis, atypical pneumonia, endocarditis.
doxycycline
Traveller
Flu like illness.
Sudden onset high fever, rigors, N&V, bradycardia.
Brief remission then jaundice, haematemesis, oliguria
Dx
yellow fever
Retro Orbital headache, fever, facial flushing, rash, thrombocytopenia in returning traveller
dengue fever
Initially headache, fever, arthralgia ->
Relative bradycardia, abdo pain, constipation, rose spots on trunk
dx
Typhoid (Enteric fever)
Most asymp or resemble infectious mononucleosis. Can get headache/drowsy in imunocompromised
Ring enhancing lesions on CT
dxmx
Toxoplasmosis
Most asymp or resemble infectious mononucleosis. Can get headache/drowsy in imunocompromised
Ring enhancing lesions on CT
Only Tx in immunosuppressed - pyrimethamine + sulphdiazine at least 6 weeks
Lymes disease features and mx
<30d - erythema migrans bulls eye rash, systemic features.
>30d = CV (heart block, peri/myocarditis), neuro
Dx is clinical but Start Abx (ELISA is test)
Doxy
Jarish-Herxheimer reaction can occur
Commonly sewqage workers, farmers, vets or in tropics (returning traveller). FLu like symptoms then more severe with AKI, Hepatitis aseptic meningitis
dx, mx
Leptospirosis
Commonly sewqage workers, farmers, vets or in tropics (returning traveller). FLu like symptoms then more severe with AKI, Hepatitis aseptic meningitis
High dose benzylpenicillin or doxycycline
Parasitic fresh water worm - lake Malawi
Dx, mx
Schistosomiasis
Parasitic fresh water worm
Need praziquantel
Syphilis Mx and reaction with meds
Benzathine penicillin (fine in preg)
Treponema pallidum
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction after Tx - fever, rash, tachy. Give antipyretics like paracetamol
Gonorrhea mx
Im ceftriaxone
Vulvovaginal swab
Disseminated gonococcal infection
Tenosynovitis, migratory polyarthritis, dermatitis
BV features and mx
Fishy like discharge, clue cells, ph>4.5, thin white discharge
Metronidazole
Pubic lice mx
malathion
Chlamydia test, mx
NAAT
Vulvovaginal swab
Doxycycline - treatment given on basis exposure rather than proven infection
In pregnancy - azithromycin, erythromycin, amoxicillin
Oral ulcers, genital ulcers, uveitis
Dx
Oral ulcer,s genital ulcers, uveitis
Genital wart tx
Multiple non keratoinised need topical podophyllum
SOlitary keratinised - cryotherapy