infectious disease Flashcards
Pt presents with Nonspecific fever, myalgia and erythema migraines. What is the 1st line medication and duration for management ?
Doxyclycline
2-3 weeks
Erythema migrans = bullseye rash
Lyme disease is endemic I northern Europe
A normally fit and well pt presents at ES with vomiting and non-bloody diarrhoea. During the Hx she mentioned eating reheated rice and curry the night before. She is appyrexial. What is the lost likely cause?
Bacillus cereus
Think cereus - cereal (e.g. cocopops). Bacillus cereus
- 30mins - 6hrs post food
- profuse vomiting
- Apyrexial
22 yo male presents with 1wk sore throat & fatigue. On examination, he has Tonsillitis enlargement with exudate
Lab results show elevated liver enzymes and positive heterophike antibody test
What is the most likely causenof the presentation
EBV - mono
Mono presentation: young adults, sore throat, fatigue, LYMPHADENOPATHY, HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY (hence elevated liver enzymes), and rash
Ix -
Elevated liver enzymes
Leukocytes
Positive heterophile antibody test = moonspot test
Tx - supportive: rest, hydration, paracetamol
What is the heterophile antibody test also known as.
What infective organism causes a positive finding?
Heterophile antibody test = Monospot test
Positive in EBV infection
Potts disease aka […]
Is found in what condition?
What are
- clinical features
- Xray
- biopsy
Potts disease of the spine = tuberculosis spondylitis ( extrapulmonary manifestation of TB)
Clinical features: localised back pain, neurological deficits
Xray: vertebral body involvement (e.g. reduction of vertebral height)
Biopsy: granuloma
Cholera mx
Aggressive fluid resus - IV Hartmanns
Abx - Doxyclcije / Co- trimoxazole
When should pts with Whooping cough be admitted into hospital
If <6m old / sig. Resp sx or complications
Otherwise supportive/ symptomatic management
Can use macrolides, to reduce infectivity but doesn’t affect condition
When should pts with Whooping cough be admitted into hospital
If <6m old / sig. Resp sx or complications
Otherwise supportive/ symptomatic management
Can use macrolides, to reduce infectivity but doesn’t affect condition
What is the treatment for pt who presents with vaginal discharge and a fishy odour.
She is sexually active but uses barrier protection with one longterm partner
Bacterial vaginosis - imbalance of microbiome –> overgrowth of anaerobic bacteria & loss of lactobacilli
1 risk factor: smoking
What are the features of Amsel criteria?
Amwell criteria - used to diagnose bacterial vaginitis
Vag pH >4.5
Homogenous grey/ Milky discharge
Positive whiff test
Clue cells
Tx in Bacterial vaginosis
Metronidazole or clindamycin
describe Mhycobacterium tuberculosis
- appearance
- what stain is used
- what is the finding on the staining
M. tuberculosis
small rod-shaped bacillus
Ziehl-Neelsen stain: bright red against blue backrground
( m. tuberculosis is an acid-fast bacillius - as waxy coating makes them resistant to acids)
TB is spread through inhaling saliva droplets from infected people. in most cases its cleared, what are the 4 stages of TB in patients in which it remains
Primary active TB
Latent TB (immune system encapsulates bacteria, progression does not occur in most patients)
Secondary TB (typically in immunosuppresion)
Miliary TB - disseminated & severe disease
what test is conducted prior to giving the BCG vaccine
Mantoux test ( -ve = <5cm bleb growth on skin after injecting the proteins)
check for immunosuppression( vaccine live)
In addition to culturing the bacteria, what Ix can be conducted in
- latent or active TB
- active disease alone
latent/ active
- mantoux test
- interferon-gamma release assay
- active
CXR
cultures
what are the chest X-ray findings in
-primary TB
- secondary TB
- Miliary TB
primary
- patchy consolidation
- pleural effusions
- hilar lymphadenopathy
secondary
- patchy/nodular consolidation with cavitation ( gas-filled space)
miliary TB
- appearance of millet seeds (many small nodules disseminated throughout lung fields) uniformly distributed acoss ung fields
Medication and duration for latent TB
isoniazid & rifampicin - 3m
OR
isoniazid - 6m
(active TB 6:RI, 2:PE)
what medication should be co-presribed with the RIPE regime?
Vitamind B6 (pyridoxine)
Isoniazid –> peripheral neuropathy
this is prevented by Vi B6
what micro-organism causes lyme disease
borrelia burgdoferi ( transmitted by ixodes tics)
3 key Sx which indicate nephritic syndrome
HTN, haematuria and oedema
3 findings of nephrotic syndrome
ne-frothy urine
- protein urea
*hyperlipidaemia - hypoalbunaemia
most common cause of nephritic syndrime
Post-strep glomerulonephritis ( if throat/skin infection 1-3 weeks prior)
other: IgA nephropathy
name the medication used to treat TB
Rifampicin
isoniazid
pyrazinamide
ethambutol
A pt completes 6months of the RIPE regiem and starts complaining of bilateral lower limb numbness, and intermittent paraesthesia .
what S/E is he suffering from?
what medication should he be Rx?
S/E: peripheral neuropathy (isoniazid)
Rx: Vit B6 should be co-prescribed to prevent depletion
A pt completes 6months of the RIPE regiem and starts complaining of bilateral lower limb numbness, and intermittent paraesthesia .
what S/E is he suffering from?
what medication should he be Rx?
S/E: peripheral neuropathy (isoniazid)
Rx: Vit B6 should be co-prescribed to prevent depletion
A 2-year-old girl presents to her GP with a 10-day history of a cough, sore throat and mild fever. For the last 2 nights, the cough started to take on a ‘dry, hacking’ quality. She has a continuous cough with short interspersed high-pitched gasps for breath. .
what is the most likely responsible organism?
Bordetella Pertussis
what is the most common cause of urethritis in males?
(condition, causative organism)
gonorrhoeae
N. gonorrhoeae
what is the main ophthalmic S/E of one of the TB medications?
vision disturbance (esp. red-green colour detection)
ethambutol
what type of bacteria (e.g g+ve/egative, rod etc) causes the most common cause of urethritis in males
G-ve diplococcus
what are the findings in CSF of viral meningitis
- lymphocytes/neutrophils
- protein count
- glucose level
viral meningitis: lymphocytes, slightly raised protein count, normal glucose
name and describe the presentation of the organism which causes TB
mycobacterium tuberculosis
small, rod-shaped bacteria (bascillus)
what stain is used in TB
what colour does M. tuberculosis tunr
Ziehl-Neelsen stain
Red against a blue background
TB = acid-fast basiclli
A patient attends with a chronic cough and night sweats.
Sputum culture grows acid-fast bacilli that stain red with the Zeihl-Neelsen staining. what condition do you suspect
TB
describe the 4 outcomes of TB
1. most likely
2. primary active TB
3. latent TB
4. secondary TB
most cases: Immediate clearance of the bacteria
* Primary active TB - active infection after exposure
* Latent tuberculosis ASx & non-contagious presence of the bacteria
* Secondary tuberculosis (reactivation of latent TB to active infection)
what tests need to be conducted before providingthe BCG vaccine
Mantoux test ( can give vaccine if -ve)
assess for immunosuppression
assess for HIV
24 yo male presents pyrexic, bilateral jaw pain and parotid swelling. what complication is he most likely to get
orchitis
presentation - mumps ( parotid swelling = mumps)
in post-pubescent males, the most likely complication is orchitis
what is the difference between cellulitis and erysipelas
cellulitis - dermis and subcut infection
eyrysipelas - dermis and upper subcut tissue
2 causes of cellulitis / erysipelas
GAS
Staph. aureus
1st line in cellulitis/ erysipelas
mild-mod
severe
mild-mod: fluclox
severe: flucloxacillin + benzylpenicillin
2nd line in cellulitis
clarithromycin/ clindamycin
2nd line in erysipelas
erythromycin
signs and symptoms
- Pain disproportionate to clinical signs.
- Mild inflammation of the overlying skin at the initial stages.
- Crepitus upon palpation and potential visibility of gas on imaging (in gas-forming organisms).
- skin changes: dark discoloration, blistering, and necrosis.
- Pain subsides (nerve damage).
- Widespread oedema (beyond the area of erythema).
- Systemic illness (fever, tachycardia, tachypnoea, and hypotension).
describe the types of necrotising fasciitis
3 types
- Type 1: polymicrobial, (anaerobes).
- Type 2: monomicrobial, (GAS/ Staph. aureus) .
- Type 3: gas-forming organisms such as Clostridium perfringens –> ‘gas gangrene’. (gas gangrene = muscle tissue & lots of gas, nec. fasc. is fascia, not muscle tissue)
3 aspects of Mx in nec. fasc
Surgical debridement ( immediate - amputation where necessary)
Broad spec Abx (IV clindamycin/meropenem/ vancomycin)
haemodynamic support
which form of HIV is most commonly found in west africa
HIV-2
(HIV-1 is the most common type)