Infectious Disease Flashcards
Silver stain, stains for waht
fungal elements
Ziehl-Neelsen stains for
acid-fast bacilli
fever in child
rectal temperature of 100.4 or higher
common bacteria for 0-1 month
Group B Strep
E. Coli
Listeria
common bacteria for 1-3 month
Group B Strep
Strep pneu.
listeria
common bacteria 3months- 3 years
Strep. pneu
HIB
Neisseria meningitidis
common bacteria 3 years to adult
Step. pneu
Neisseria meningitidits
at what age is an infant always hospitalized for a fever
less than 28 days
Empiric intravenous antibiotics for 0-1 month
Ampicillin
Gentamicin or Cefotaxime
Empiric intravenous antibiotics for 1-3 month
Ampicillin + Cefotaxime
add vanc if bacterial meningitis is suspected
Empiric intravenous antibiotics for 3month-3 years
Cefotaxime
add vanc if bacterial meningitis is suspected
Empiric intravenous antibiotics for 3 years to adult
Cefotaxime
add vanc if bacterial meningitis is suspected
Meningitis
inflammation of Meninges
what does lumbar puncture show for bacterial meningitis
- increase neutrophils
- low glucose
- increase protein
- positive gram stain
what has been shown to reduce hearing loss in HIB meningitis ?
give steroids with antibiotics
most common complication of bacterial meningitis? others?
hearing loss
- SIADH, global brain injury
aseptic meningitis
viral inflammation of meningis
lumbar puncture for aseptic meningitis
- lymphocytic pleocytosis
- normal glucose
- normal to elevated protein
Brain imaging for TB meningitis
basilar enhancement
clinical feature of TB meningitis
second week progress rapidly
- cranial nerve deficits
- altered level of consciousness
viral causes of pharyngitis
Coxsackievirus
EBV
CMV
bacterial causes of pharyngitis
Strep pyogenes
top 3 organisms that cause sinusitis
S. pneumoniae
HIB
M. catarrhalis
Difference between acute, subacute and chronic sinusitius
acute: days
subacute: 30-90 days
chronic: greater 90 days
management of sinusitus
Amoxicillin
EBV pharyngitis
- enlarged posterior cervical lymph node
- malaise
- hepatosplenomegaly
coxsackieviurs pharyngitis
painful vesicles or ulcers on posterior pharynx
Diptheria pharyngitis
gray, adherent tonsillar membrane
management of diptheria
oral erythromycin or parenteral penicillin
acute otitis media
acute infection of middle ear space
otitis media with effusion
fluid within middle ear without symptoms of infection
most common bacteria to cause otitis media
- S. pneumoniae
- non-typeable H. flu
- moreaxella catarrhalis
most reliable method of detecting middle ear fluid
Pneumatic otoscopy
if treatment is used for acute otitis media, what is it?
Amoxicillin
otitis externa
infection of the external auditory canal
most common pathogen for otitis externa
Pseudomonas
Staph aures
Candida
diagnosis for otitis externa
erythema and edema of EAS
management of otitis externa
restore EAC to natural acidic envirnment