infectious diseases 🦠

Question 1

name some gram positive cocci organisms

Answer 1

streptococcus
staphylococcus
enterococcus

Question 2

name some gram positive bacilli organisms

Answer 2

ABCD
anthrax
bacillus
clostridium
diphtheria

Question 3

name some gram negative cocci organisms

Answer 3

neisseria meningitis
neisseria gonorrhoea

Question 4

name some gram negative bacilli organisms

Answer 4

escherichia
campylobacter

Question 5

what antibiotics break down cell wall

Answer 5

PENNY VAN CEPH
evil warlord blows up peptidoglycan walls with his beta-lactam

penicillins
vancomycins
cephalosporins

Question 6

what antibiotics inhibit cell synthesis

Answer 6

MC FAT
macrolides
chloramphenicol
fusidic acid
aminogylcosides
tetracyclines

Question 7

what antibiotics disrupt nucleic acid

Answer 7

ANTHONY QUINN - a spy who steals information needed for factory function (DNA)

ANTi-folate - trimethoprimn
(fluoro) Quinolones - floxacin

Question 8

tx of c.diff

Answer 8

PO vancomycin
IV metronidazole

Question 9

what organism causes malaria

Answer 9

anopheles gambiae

Question 10

What abx would you use to treat osteomyelitis

Answer 10

cl IN damycin
goes IN to bones and deep tissues

Question 11

Malaria presentation

Answer 11

Hx of travel
Pallor, fatigue or anaemia
Splenomegaly
Jaundice

Question 12

Ix for malaria

Answer 12

Gold standard blood film

Question 13

most common organism that causes septic arthritis in young sexually active patients

Answer 13

neisseria gonorrhoeae

Question 14

clinical features of septic arthritis

Answer 14

acute/subacute onset
joint feels hot, painful and swollen
usually one joint affected
movement is restricted
fever and malaise

Question 15

management of septic arthritis

Answer 15

aspiration for small joints
arthroscopy and arthrotomy for large joints

Question 16

symptoms of gonorrhoea

Answer 16

in men: discharge, dysuria, tender inguinal nodes
in women: discharge, dysuria and abnormal bleeding

Question 17

management of gonorrhoea

Answer 17

ceftriaxone

Question 18

untreated gonorrhoea can lead to

Answer 18

infertlity in women and men
increased risk of HIV/AIDS
infection that spreads to joints and other areas of the body

Question 19

what is Pott’s disease of the spine

Answer 19

extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis

Question 20

risk factors for Potts disease of the spine

Answer 20

prolonged exposure to poor living conditions
immunocomopromised

Question 21

clinical features of Pott’s disease of the spine

Answer 21

localised back pain
neurological deficits
radiographic findings indicative of vertebral body involvement
a biopsy demonstrating granuloma formation is highly suggestive

Question 22

CSF findings for bacterial meningitis

Answer 22

“cloudy and turbid” appearance
low glucose

Question 23

CSF findings for viral meningitis

Answer 23

normal appearance
normal glucose