Infectious Disease

Question 1

Cefepime

Answer 1

4th generation cephalosporin
Tx for MSSA and Pseudomonas
Give to: Cystic Fibrosis pt sinopulmonary infection

Question 2

Amoxicillin

Answer 2

High dose PO penicillin drug used for outpatient tx of community-acquired pneumonia for coverage of S. penumoniae

Question 3

Empiric treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Answer 3

Ciprofloxacin

Question 4

Causes of neonatal meningitis

Answer 4

Strep B (agalactiae)
E coli
Listeria

Question 5

Pneumonia with POSITIVE cold-agglutinin antibody titers, dx?

Answer 5

Mycoplasma, atypical pneumonia

Tx: Macrolide anti

Question 6

Pneumonia with NEGATIVE cold-agglutinin antibody titiers, dx?

Answer 6

Chlamydophila species, atypical pneumonia

Tx: Erythromycin in children 8, adolescents and adults

Question 7

Tx of CMV pneumonia

Answer 7

Valganciclovir

Question 8

Genital lesions in children in the absence of sexual abuse or activity, organism?

Answer 8

Molluscum contagiosum

Question 9

Cellulitis after cat/dog bites, organism?

Answer 9

Pasteurella multocida

Question 10

Aplastic crisis in sickle cell disease, organism?

Answer 10

Parvovirus B19

Question 11

Burn wound infection with blue/green color, organism?

Answer 11

Pseudomonas

Question 12

Slaughterhouse worker with fever, organism?

Answer 12

Brucellosis