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Infectious Disease Flashcards

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What causes Lyme disease?

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Spirochete bacteria: Boriella burgdorferi
Vector: Ixodes tick
Carrier: Rodents and white tailed deer

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What is the treatment for Lyme disease?

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Early disease: doxycycline or Amoxicillin if doxycycline is contraindicated (e.g. pregnancy)
If they have erythema migrans - commence antibiotics without the need for further tests
Late stage: IV ceftriaxone

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How is Hepatitis A spread?

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Transmission: faecal oral route
Common source: raw or undercooked shellfish

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How is Hepatitis E spread?

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Transmission: faecal-oral
Common source: Undercooked pro
Classically causes severe hepatitis in pregnant women

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What is the treatment for PCP infection?

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1st line: Co-trimoxazole
2nd line: If severe - IV Pentamidine +/- steroids

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What are the clinical features of Pneumocystis jiroveci infection (PCP)?

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  • Fungal infection
  • Occurs in immunocompromised people (opportunistic infection)
  • SOB, dry cough, fever, few chest signs, exercise induced desaturation
  • CXR may be normal or show bilateral interstitial pulmonary infiltrates
    Diagnosis: bronchoalveolar lavage
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What is the treatment for gonorrhoea infection?

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1st line: single dose of IM 1g ceftriaxone

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What is the treatment for Campylobacter infection?

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If immunocompetent - supportive management
If immunocompromised or severe or symptoms for > 1 week - clarithromycin

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What is the treatment for Chlamydia infection?

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1st line: Doxycycline for 8 days
2nd line: Azithromycin for 3 days
Pregnant: Azithromycin, erythromycin or amoxicillin
All contacts should be treated even if asymptomatic

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What is the treatment for Syphilis infection?

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Penicillin G

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What is the treatment for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?

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IM Ceftriaxone + PO doxycycline + PO Metronidazole

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What causes bacterial vaginosis?

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An overgrowth of predominately Gardnerella vaginalis

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What is the treatment for bacterial vaginosis?

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Metronidazole

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What are the symptoms/signs of bacterial vaginosis?

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  • thin grey/white discharge, - fishy’ odour upon adding 10% potassium hydroxide
  • high pH (> 4.5)
  • microscopy: epithelial cells with a stippled appearance (clue cells).
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What is the treatment for Trichomonas vaginalis?

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Metronidazole

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What is the cause of Scarlet fever?

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Group A beta haemolytic streptococcus

17
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What is the gold standard for diagnosing Typhoid fever?

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Bone marrow culture

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What is the cause of Dengue fever?

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Infection with the dengue virus
Transmission: Bites from Aedes mosquitos

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What are the key features of Dengue fever?

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  • Fever in the returned traveller
  • body aches and pains - break-bone fever
  • retro-orbital eye pain
  • facial flushing
  • Thrombocytopenia - resulting in PR bleeding, malaria, epistaxis (dengue haemorrhage fever shock syndrome)
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How is dengue fever diagnosed?

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Serology (IgM anti-dengue antibodies)

21
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What micro-organisms causes Impetigo?

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Staph aureus

22
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How does cryptosporidium infection present?

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Watery diarrhoea
Can cause profuse life threatening infection in immunocompromised people such as those with HIV/AIDS

23
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What sort of microbe is cryptosporidium parvum?

24
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What is the best antibiotic to use for an MRSA infection?

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Severe IV Vancomycin

Oral doxycycline

25
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What is the most common cause of acute infective endocarditis?

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Staphylococcus aureus

26
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What valve is most commonly affected in IV drug users with acute infective endocarditis?

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Tricuspid valve
They inject into veins which drain into the right atrium hence tricuspid valve is affected

27
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What is the most common cause of Subacute infective endocarditis?

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Streptococcus viridans

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Subacute infective endocarditis

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  • strep viridans
  • typically acquired through tooth brushing and dentist visits as found in mouth flora
  • typically affect damaged valves
  • most commonly affects the mitral valve as this valve is most common damaged by rheumatic fever
29
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Infective endocarditis affecting prosthetic valves is most commonly caused by which organism?

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Streptococcus epidermidis

30
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Gram positive cocci in pairs

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

31
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Gram positive cocci in clusters

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Staphylococcus aureus

32
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What are important side effects of doxycycline

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  • not used in children as can inhibit bone growth and can discolour teeth
  • not to be used in pregnancy- teratogenic
  • photo sensitive rash
  • GI symptoms
33
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What is the most common cause of cellulitis?

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  • staph aureus
  • strep pyogenes
34
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What is the most common cause of erysipelas?

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Strep pyogenes

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