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Infectious disease/ skin Flashcards

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Common cx pneumonia in alcoholics

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Klibsielal

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Pneumonia with influenza predispsoses to?

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Staphj aureus pneumonia

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flu-like symptoms, bilateral consolidation and erythema multiforme, painful vesicles in ear, renal impairment, low platelets

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Mycoplasma - to serology. TX: doxycycline/ erythromycine/ clindamycin

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Derranged LFts, flu like SX, cough, bradycardia, lymphopenia, confusion low sodium

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Legionella - erythromycin/ clarithromycin. confirm urinary antigen

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fishy smell’ down below. Microscopy reveals the presence of clue cells.

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Gardnerella vaginalis - 5 days metronidazole 400mg BD

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fever, malaise, and myalgia, which may precede the appearance of painful vesicular eruptions in the genital area.

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Herpes Simplex

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Campylobacter enteritis TX

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Clarithromycin

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Salmonella/ shigella TX

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Ciprofloxacin

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Pelvic inflammatory disease TX

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Oral ofloxacin + oral metronidazole or intramuscular ceftriaxone + oral doxycycline + oral metronidazole

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Animal or human bite TX abx

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Co-amox (allergy - doxy and metronidazole)

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11
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Mastitis during breast feeding?

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Fluclox

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Meningitis tx summary: if
meningoccocal?
if <3m or 50+
if listeria suspected?
What to give contacts?

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IV cefotaxime, if <3 months or 50+ add amoxicillin. If meningococcal give ben pen or cefotaxime. If listeria give IV amoxicillin and gent. Oral ciprofloxacin or rifampicin for 7 days if contact.
Htn and brady - signs of shock, dont do LP

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13
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Painless genital ulcers causes?

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Syphilis (single) - Treponema pallidum.
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) - cuased by chlamydia, tx doxycycline.
donovanosis (granuloma inguinal)
multiple - HPV warts

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Unilateral, painful inguinal lymph node enlargement. with single painful genital ulcer? sharp, jagged border

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Chancroid - Haemophilus ducreyi (painful, patients do cry)

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15
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Tetanus vaccine uk?

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2, 3, 4 months
3-5 yrs,
13-18 yrs

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Cellulitis TX

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flucloxacillin,
allergy - macrolide such as clarithromycin or erythromycin or another medication such as doxycycline.

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UTI TX in pregnancy women

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tx asap 7 days first-line: nitrofurantoin (should be avoided near term)
second-line: amoxicillin or cefalexin
trimethoprim is teratogenic in the first trimester and should be avoided during pregnancy

18
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GE with short intubation period and severe vomitting no diarrhoea

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Staphylococcus aureus

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GE incubation period of 3-4 days and causes diarrhoea that usually becomes bloody, lasting up to a week.

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E-coli

20
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48-72 hrs GE A flu-like prodrome, crampy abdominal pains, fever and diarrhoea which may be bloody
May mimic appendicitis
Complications include Guillain-Barre syndrome

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Campylobacter - tx clarithromycin

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HIV patient, hepatospenlomegaly, pneumonia signs, clear chest

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Pneumocystitis jiroveci. Need broncheolar lavage, TX co-trimoxazole. Risk pneumothorax

22
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Later features of lymes disease and tx?

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cardiovascular
heart block
peri/myocarditis
neurological
facial nerve palsy
radicular pain
meningitis.
early: doxycycline / amoxicillin - in pregnancy as doxy is CI./

23
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Flu sx, raised, red painful rash on legs and face?

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erysipelas- Flucloxacillin* (clarithromycin, erythromycin or doxycycline if penicillin-allergic)

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difficulty in breathing and swallowing. A grey coating surrounding the tonsils, fever, and cervical lymphadenopathy, travel to india

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Diptheria - can present with cranial nerve sydfunction. IM penicillin

25
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worsening flu-like symptoms and a dry cough. Erythema multiforme is noted on examination. Infective changes on CXR

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Mycoplasma pneumoninae

26
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URTI SX, given amoxicillin then got rash? DX? lymphadenopathy, raised ALT,

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EBV/ glandular fever. do monospot test, do FBC and LFT (lymphocytosis, raised ALT, haemolytic anaemia)

27
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Fishy discharge, clue cells. allergic to penicillin

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Metronidazole if not allergic/
topical clindamycin for BV

28
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Cellulitis - abx for pregnant and pen allergy?

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pregnant - erythromycin
Pen allergy - clarithromycin

29
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Syphillis treatment

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Normal: IM benzathine penicillin
or doxyclycine (not in pregnancy)
Common reaction - fever, tachy, fever no wheeze. (jarisch herxheimer reaction)

30
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Nonbloody diarrhoea, fatty stools, 15 days after exposure, bloating, flatulance

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Giardiasis is caused by the flagellate protozoan Giardia lamblia. Swimming anal sex etc. chronic - risk of low vitamins, malnoutrition

31
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purple papules or plaques on the skin or mucosa (e.g. gastrointestinal and respiratory tract)

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Kaposi’s sarcoma - radiotherapy/ resection. Caused by HHV 8.

32
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general malaise,headache and mild abdominal pain. Constipation, bloated, sparse, macular rash on chest.

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Salmonella typhi - enteric fever (constipation and rose spots)

33
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single painless ulcer with small lymphadenopathy/ then 2 months later widespread maculopapular rash and ulcers in mouth, systemic features

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Stages of syphillis, trepenoma pallidum.

34
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t2DM on SGLT2 - dapagliflozin, painful and numb to touch in perineum, purple rash with nullae

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Necrotising fascitis / fournier’s gangrene (in perineum)
other type - t1DM post op

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what are the live vaccines? (MY BOOTI)

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MMR, yellow fever, BCG, ORal polio, oral rotavirus, typhoid, intranasal influenza

36
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Tx for toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised ppl?

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Pyrimethamine and sulphadiazine are management options for immunocompromised patients. complications: chorioretiinits, seziures, anaemia

37
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multiple painful blisters and ulcers around her labia. She has been feeling like she has the flu for the past five days. It is extremely painful when she urinates.

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Herpes simplex

38
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oral ulcers, genital ulcers and uveitis. Venous thromboembolism is also seen.

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Small cell vasculitis, behcet’s

39
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Chlamydia treatment? pregnant ?

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Doxycycline 7 days, if pregnancy - erythromycin, azithromycin,

40
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Dry cough, target lesions around trunk, works in school?

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae (erythema multiforme)

41
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URTI in CF, hot tub folliculutus, otitis externa in diabetics, UTIs.

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

42
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EBV associated malignancies?

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Burkitt’s lymphoma*
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
HIV-associated central nervous system lymphomas

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