Infectious disease

Question 1

What are the commonest viral respiratory infections?

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Question 2

What is the definition of PUO?

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Question 3

What are the main causes of PUO?

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Question 4

What are the miscellaneous causes of PUO?

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Question 5

Which drugs can cause fever and why?

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Question 6

What specific parts of history do you want for someone with PUO?

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Question 7

What investigations would you do for someone with PUO?

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Question 8

Specific examination in patients in PUO?

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Question 9

Why is pro-calcitonin useful?

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Can differentiate between infection and inflammation.
High = infection

Question 10

Definition of cellulitis?

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Question 11

signs and sx of cellulitus?

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Question 12

Differentials for cellulitis?

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Question 13

Risk factors for cellulitis?

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Question 14

Most common organisms for cellulitis?

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Question 15

Management of cellulitis?

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Question 16

Complications of cellulitis?

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Question 17

Prevalence of HIV in higher in who?

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Question 18

What vertical transmission do you get in HIV?

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Question 19

What common co-infections do you get with HIV?

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Question 20

Which infection can cause Kaposi sarcoma?

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HHV8 - Human herpes virus 8

Question 21

What are the stages of HIV infection?

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Question 22

Does lower CD4 count in HIV cause lower or higher risk of infection?

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Higher

Question 23

Timeline of HIV?

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Question 24

What is primary HIV infection?

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Question 25

What is acute seroconversion illness?

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Question 26

What would CD4 count be for late diagnosis HIV?

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Question 27

Does late diagnosis of HIV increase mortality?

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Question 28

Very late diagnosis of HIV is what CD4 level?

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Question 29

Clinical presentation of HIV?

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Question 30

Why would you do fundoscopy for suspected HIV?

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HIV is associated with:
Retinal or conjunctival microvasculopathy
Cytomegalovirus retinitis
Progressive outer retinal necrosis

Question 31

What are the three methods of testing HIV?

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Question 32

Which antigen is tested for in HIV?

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p24 antigen

Question 33

What is the window period for HIV using a 4th gen assay?

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Question 34

What is the window period for HIV using a 3rd gen assay?

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Question 35

When can 4th gen test detect p24 antigen for HIV?

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Question 36

Which investigations do you do in HIV?

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Question 37

Why is blood glucose testing in HIV?

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Some HIV medications can increase blood glucose levels so may need to avoid

Question 38

Which test in HIV predicts future disease progression?

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Question 39

What are the haematological complications of HV?

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Question 40

What type of anaemia do you get in HIV?

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Normochromic
Normocytic

Question 41

When do you offer urgent treatment in HIV?

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Question 42

What do antiretrovirals do?

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Question 43

Undetectable viral load means what in HIV?

Answer 43

HIV cannot be transmitted
“Treatment as Prevention”

Question 44

Are HIV associated infections based on CD4 count?

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Yes

Question 45

What is pneumocystis pneumonia?

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Question 46

At which CD4 count are you at higher risk of PCP?

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<200

Question 47

How is PCP diagnosed?

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Question 48

How is PCP treated?

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Question 49

What do you see on imaging with PCP?

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Question 50

What other respiratory condition presents like PCP?

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Covid pneumonitis

Question 51

What is CNS Toxoplasmosis?

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Question 52

What is the most common cause of intracerebral mass lesions in people with HIV?

Answer 52

CNS Toxoplasmosis

Question 53

Which organism causes toxoplasmosis?

Answer 53

Toxoplasma gondii

Question 54

Symptoms of CNS toxoplasmosis?

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Question 55

What would you see on imaging in CNS Toxoplasmosis?

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Question 56

Where do you see the lesions in toxoplasmosis?

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Question 57

What do you see on imaging with CNS lymphoma?

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Question 58

In what respiratory diseases should you test for HIV?

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Question 59

In what neurological diseases should you test for HIV?

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Question 60

In what dermatological diseases should you test for HIV?

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Question 61

In what gastrointestinal diseases should you test for HIV?

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Question 62

In which oncological diseases should you test for HIV?

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