Infectious disease 3 Flashcards
Clinical features of fusariosis
- immunocompromised patient
- inoculated from tap water or soil
- skin nodules + pulmonary disease + persistent fever
- mold
Treatment of fusariosis
amphotericin
Diagnosis of anaplasmosis
serology + peripheral blood smear examination showing intraleukocytic morale
Specific features of anaplasmosis
- leukopenia + high fever
Ehrlichiosis vector + location
- Lone star tick
- Southeast and south central US
Typhoid fever clinical features + lab features
- high fevers + abdominal pain + characteristic erythematous macular rash (rose spots)
- can have elevated LFTS
Lemierre’s disease other term
septic thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein
Lemierre’s disease clinical features
patient with hx of recent pharyngitis + then develops sepsis + neck pain/swelling/persistent fever (infection may extend to lateral pharyngeal space or involve carotid sheath) + cavitary lung lesions
Typical cause of lemierre’s disease
- anaerobic organism fusobacterium necrophorum
imaging of pulmonary aspergillosis
- nodules with or without cavitation + ground-glass infiltrates
- *halo sign (“nodules surrounded by ground-glass infiltrates)
other clinical feature of cdiff
right lower quadrant or lower quadrant abdominal pain
How to reduce VAP risk
- semi recumbent positioning
- oral antiseptics
- avoid PPIs
Necrotizing fasciitis clinical features
- commonly after surgery in a diabetic or immunocompromised patient
- *exquisite tenderness to palpation
- crepitus
- hemorrhagic blisters
First step in management of suspected nec fasc
surgery consult for debridement
Indication for PCP pox
CD4 greater than 200
Indication for toxo ppx
CD4 less than 100
Initial therapy of neutropenic fever
- anti-pseudomonal beta-lactam (cefepime OR zosyn)
- Addition of vancomycin IF
- Hemodynamic instability
- severe sepsis
- pneumonia
- positive blood cultures for a gram-positive organism
- suspected catheter-related infection
- skin or soft-tissue infection
Presentation of acute HIV
- mono-like syndrome (fever, lymphadenopathy, sore throat, athralgias)
- generalized macular rash
- GI symptoms
Management of acute HIV
- combination antiretroviral therapy
- notify partner and consider secondary ppx
- don’t wait until resistance and genotype testing is done because people are highly infectious and the regimen can be modified as needed after it comes back
Treatment of leptospirosis
Doxy or penicillin
Additional intervention needed after culture with streptococcus bovis
colonoscopy (anaerobe)
Additional intervention needed after culture with clostridium septicum
colonoscopy (anaerobe)
Additional intervention needed after culture with nontyphoidal salmonella
HIV test
Additional intervention needed after diagnosis of candidemia
ophthalmologic examination
CMV esophagitis EGD + biopsy features
EGD: sharply demarcated, linear ulcers in distal one third of esophagus
Bx: intranuclear inclusions
HSV EGD features
EGD: well circumscribed shallow ulcers
CMV esophagitis treatment
IV ganciclovir
legionella PNA clinical features
- relative bradycardia (would expect higher for degree of fever)
- no response to beta lactam abx or aminoglycoside abx **outbreaks in nursing homes
legionella PNA treatment
ONLY quinolone or macrolides
RMSF vs. ehrlichiosis
- Ehrlichiosis = leukopenia + rash starting on trunk + southeeastern and south central US
RMSF = rash starting on extremities
Centor criteria
tender anterior cervical LAD
*fever
tonsillar exudates
absence of cough
Infectious mono vs. Group A strep
mono = younger patient, fatigue, splenomegaly, posterior LAD
Epiglottitis clinical features
- SEVERE sore throat (out of proportion to findings on exam) + dysphagia
- may or may not have drooling and stridor
Work up of epiglottitis
IF stable (no stridor) – lateral neck x-ray
treatment of epiglottitis
CTX + vancomycin