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Infectious Disease Flashcards

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What separates severe sepsis from septic shock?

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Severe sepsis is responsive to fluids while shock is not

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Sepsis + low blood pressure, dx and next step?

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Severe sepsis, give fluid bolus

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What are the SIRS criteria (4)?

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Temp gt 38 or lt 36
WBC gt 12 or lt 4
HR gt 90
RR gt 20

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In sepsis, early goal directed therapy, what are the goals for CVP, MAP, Uoutput, and SvO2?

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CVP 8-12
MAP gt 65 (use pressors if needed)
Uoutput gt 0.5 cc/kg/hr
SvO2 gt 70%

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What are the main actions to take in patients with sepsis (6)?

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1/2) Antibiotics and fluids; 3) Pressors (if in shock); 4) lactate (trend lactate for clearance); 5) Oxygen (improve oxygen delivery to tissues); 6) Source control (remove lines, catheters, drain abscesses)

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Antibiotics for cholangitis?

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gram negative and anaerobic coverage - cipro + metronidazole

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Alternate for pip/tazo?

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meropenem, cefepime

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Antibiotics for community acquired pneumonia?

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Ceftriaxone and azithromycin (moxifloxacin is appropriate)

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Alternate for vancomycin?

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Linezolid

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Antibiotics for diverticulitis?

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gram negative and anaerobic coverage - cipro + metronidazole

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Antibiotics for a young woman with pyelonephritis but ambulatory and can tolerate po?

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cipro

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Antibiotics for health care associated pneumonia?

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vanc + zosyn

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Antibiotics for a young woman with pyelo who is toxic?

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Ceftriaxone (pip/tazo also okay)

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You woman with a UTI but no sepsis?

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nitrofurantoin, TMP-SMX, amoxicillin

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Alternate for ceftriaxone?

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ceftazidime

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CD4 count less than 100, what infxn do you worry about and what’s ppx? less than 50 and what’s ppx?

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Toxo, TMP-SMX; MAC, Azithromycin

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What test do you order when pt has flu-like symptoms, flu is negative, and the question is about HIV?

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viral load (NOT an ELISA because it is too early for the antibody to be formed)

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PCP prophylaxis if G6PD deficient?

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atovaquone (both TMP-SMX and dapsone are no good)

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White stuff you can easily scrape off the mouth, WITH dysphagia, what’s the dx and tx?

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esophageal candidiasis, oral fluconazole (need systemic therapy!)

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20
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PCP prophylaxis with a sulfa allergy?

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Dapsone

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White stuff you can easily scrape off the mouth, no dysphagia, dx and tx?

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oral candidiasis, nystatin swish and spit

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CD4 count less than 200, what do you worry about and how do you ppx?

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PCP, TMP-SMX

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Uncomplicated vs complicated parapneumonic effusions: pleural fluid analysis: pH, glucose, WBC

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uncomplicated: pH gt/= 7.2, glucose gt/= 60, WBC lt/= 50,000 (opposite for complicated)
(uncomplicated = sterile exudate in pleural space; complicated = bacterial invasion of pleural space - often loculated; gram stain often neg due to low bacterial count)

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24
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The PPD is 16 mm, who is that positive for?

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People who have no risk factors

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For immunocompromised, what is the lowest that a PPD is positive?

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5mm

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AFB smear is positive for TB, how do you tx?

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Isolation and RIPE therapy

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The PPD is 6mm. Who is that positive for?

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Immunocompromised and close contacts to people with TB

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How do we screen someone with a positive PPD in the past that was treated for TB?

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Chest xrays

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If a person has had BCG vaccine, how can you screen for TB?

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Gamma interferon assay

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30
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PPD is positive, next step?

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Chest xray

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31
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PPD is positive, chest X-ray is positive, next step?

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AFB smear

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32
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PPD is positive, chest Xray is positive, AFB is negative, next step?

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tx with INH and B6 for 9 months (also do same if PPD is positive and chest xr is negative)

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Brain mass on CT, AIDS negative in vignette, next step?

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biopsy (if they have AIDS and toxo ag is positive, tx for toxo)

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34
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What are the FAILS criteria and what is it for?

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To determine if an LP is safe to do
Focal neurologic deficit
Altered mental status
Immunocompromised
Lesion over site of LP
Seizures
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35
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Fever and a headache and positive FAILS, next step?

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IV Abx, then CT scan

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Brain mass on CT, AIDS positive in vignette, next step?

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Treat for too 4-6 weeks

37
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Flaccid paralysis and encephalopathy, likely dx?

38
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What is the empiric treatment for bacterial meningitis?

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Vancomycin + ceftriaxone + steroids (+/- ampicillin for immunocompromised)

39
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Lyme meningitis - tx?

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ceftriaxone

40
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Temporal lobe and encephalitis, likely dx?

41
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Fever and a headache, no fails criteria are positive, next step?

42
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Tx for HSV encephalitis? West nile, St. Louis, or Equine encephalitis?

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Acyclovir; tx is supportive

43
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Uncomplicated vs complicated parapneumonic effusions: pleural fluid analysis: pH, glucose, WBC

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uncomplicated: pH gt/= 7.2, glucose gt/= 60, WBC lt/= 50,000 (opposite for complicated)

44
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Pneumonia in a dialysis pt? How do you tx?

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HAP; vanco + zosyn

45
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Fever and a cough, consolidation on XR, not toxic, how do you tx?

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azithromycin (+ceftriaxone?)

46
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Pneumonia in a nursing home pt: diagnosis/tx?

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HAP; vanc + zosyn

47
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Fever and a cough, consolidation on X-ray, septic; how do you tx?

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ceftriaxone and azithromycin

48
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Fever and a cough, no consolidation on X-ray, how do you tx?

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doxycycline or azithromycin (po)

think bronchitis

49
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Pneumonia but foul breath and a CXR shows cavitation, dx and tx?

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abscess; ceftriaxone (3rd gen ceph) + clindamycin

50
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Bilateral white out in an AIDS pt, dx and tx?

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PCP; IV TMP-SMX + steroids (if PaO2 is less than 70)

51
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Healthy woman with pyelo, can tolerate po, tx and how long?

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cipro x 7 days

ambulatory pyelo = complicated cystitis

52
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Woman with severe pyelo, tx and how long?

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ceftriaxone IV x 10 days

53
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Healthy man with a UTI and no sepsis, tx and how long?

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Nitrofurantoin x 7days (could also use TMP-SMX, fosfomycin)

complicated cystitis

54
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Healthy woman with a UTI and no sepsis, tx and how long?

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Nitrofurantoin x3days (could also use TMP-SMX, fosfomycin)

55
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Three days into a pyelo dx and the pt hasn’t improved, next step?

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CT scan (or U/S if pregnant) looking for perinephric abscess)

56
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White blood cell casts, likely dx?

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pyelonephritis

57
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Positive urinary tract infxn on labs, pt asymptomatic, but pregnant, tx?

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amoxicillin (nitrofurantoin if pen allergic)

58
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Positive urinary tract infxn on labs during a routine or screen, pt asymptomatic, tx?

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do nothing

59
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Antibiotics for pyelonephritis?

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If IV: ceftriaxone or amp-sulbactam

If po: ciprofloxacin

60
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Single painless ulcer with lymphadenopathy on penis? Dx? How to confirm dx? Tx?

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primary syphilis; dark field microscopy; penicillin x1 IM

61
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Central umbilication?

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Molluscum contagiosum

62
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Targetoid lesions on the palms and soles?

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Syphilis (also erythema multiforme)

63
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Painful ulcer with lymphadenopathy on the vulva - organism and tx?

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H. ducreyi; azithromycin

64
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How do you test an ulcer for herpes?

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HSV PCR (not Tzanck prep or histology)

65
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Penicillin allergic and pregnant, treat tertiary syphilis with?

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Desensitization

66
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Penicllin allergic and not pregnant, tx tertiary syphilis with?

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Doxycycline

67
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Honey-crusted lesion, dx and tx?

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Impetigo; amoxicillin

68
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Treat scabies with?

A

permethrin cream

69
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How to diagnose osteomyelitis with cellulitis?

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xray, then MRI, then biopsy (no bone scan)

70
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Fungal skin infections that don’t involve the nail, how do you tx?

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topical antifungals

71
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How to diagnose osteomyelitis without cellulitis?

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xray, then bone scan, then biopsy (MRI is best for imaging??)

72
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Fungal skin infections that involve the nail, how do you tx?

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oral medications - terbinafine is the best

73
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Rapidly spreading cellulitis with far more pain than should be present, dx and tx?

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necrotizing fascitis; surgical debridement asap

74
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Gas on X-ray, dx?

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gas gangrene (clostridium perfringens)

75
Q

Treat lice with?

A

permethrin shampoo

76
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A pt with a dental procedure, and prosthetic valves gets?

A

prophylactic amoxicillin

77
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Pt has bacteremia and a new murmur, what diagnostic step is next?

78
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How do you tx a pt with a vegetation (endocarditis lesion) greater than 15mm?

79
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What’s the empiric prosthetic valve treatment (what does everyone get)?

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vanc + gent;

cefepime if less than 60 days old; ceftriaxone if gt 365 days old

80
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What’s the empiric native valve endocarditis treatment?

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vancomycin

81
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When do you get a CT scan for sinusitis?

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recurrent or refractory - to look for anatomic defects

82
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Non-purulent rhinorrhea, no cough, congestion: dx and mgmt?

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common cold; supportive: decogenstants are okay, NO antibiotics

83
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Purulent rhinorrhea, congestion, facial tenderness, and fever: dx and mgmt?

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sinusitis

amoxicillin-clavulanate 1st line; levofloxacin if penicillin allergic

84
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Pain on pulling on the pinna, child swimmer, what is it and how to tx?

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otitis externa, pseudomonas, cipro drops

85
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Common cold treatment?

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supportive

86
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Best diagnostic test for dx of otitis media?

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pneumatic insufflation

87
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Otitis externa is tx with?

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cipro steroid drops

88
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Antibiotic mgmt for ENT infxns?

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Amoxicillin first line; azithromycin if pen allergic; amoxicillin-clavulanate if refractory

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