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Infectious diseases Flashcards

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Bloody diarrhoea, long incubation period, trophozoites (hot stool)

A

Amoeibic dysentry

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2
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Tx: amoebiasis

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Metronidazole + diloxanide

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3
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Painless skin lesion, black eschar, carcasses/wool

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Anthrax, can cause GI bleed

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4
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Tx: anthrax

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Ciprofloxacin

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5
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Middle east + farmer/vet + fever + hepatosplenomegaly

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Brucellosis

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6
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Tx: Brucellosis

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Doxycycline and streptomycin

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Africa/Asia + mosquito + joint pain + fever

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Chikungunya. Supportive treatment

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8
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Rice water diarrhoea, dehydration

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Cholera

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9
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Tx: cholera

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Doxycyline, ciprofloxacin, oral rehydration

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10
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Watery diarrhoea + immunocomp/young child + red cysts on ZN

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Cryptosporidiosis

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Tx: cryptosporidiosis

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Supportive if immunocompetent, ART if HIV +, nitazoxanide or rifaximin

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12
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Fever + retro-orbital headache + bone pain + haemorrhagic features

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Dengue, symptomatic treatment only

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Eastern europe/Asia + sore throat + grey membrane + ‘bull neck’

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Diphtheria

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14
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Diptheria complication

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Heart block

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15
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Tx: diptheria

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Antitoxin, IM penicillin

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16
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Diarrhoea + larva currens + papulovesicular rash buttocks/soles of feet

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Stronglyoides

17
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Tx: strongyloides

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Ivermectin + bendazoles

18
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Perianal itching at night

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Threadworm (enterobius, vermicularis). Given bendazoles

19
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Swimmer’s itch, haematuria, fever/angioedema/eosinophilia

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Shistosomiasis

20
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Complications of schistosomiasis

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Squamous cell bladder cancer

21
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Tx: schistosomiasis

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Praziquantel

22
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Sandflies

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Leishmaniasis

23
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Tx: cutaneous leishmaniasis

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Only if South/Central America (Brazilianis)

24
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Fever + hepatosplenomegaly + grey skin + pancytopenia

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Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar)

25
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Tx : visceral leishmaniasis

A

amphotericin B

26
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Tx: leprosy

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rifampicin + dapsone + clofazimine

27
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Sewage worker + fever + subcontunctival haemorrhage

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Leptospirosis

28
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Tx: leptospirosis

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Benpen or doxycycline

29
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Tx: listeria

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Amoxicillin (+gent if meningitis)

30
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High fever + bradycardia + jaundice + haematemesis

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Yellow fever (mosquitos)

31
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VHF + rats + treat with ribavirin

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Lassa fever

32
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Tx: typhus (rickettsia)

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Doxycyline

33
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Painless chancre + fever + somnolence/encephalitis

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African trypanosomiasis - tsetse fly.

34
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Tx: African trypanosomiasis

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IV pentamidine IV melarsoprol

35
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Myocarditis/dilated cardiomyopathy, megacolon

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American trypanosomiasis (Chagas)

36
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Tx: Chagas

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Benznidazole

37
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Tx: shigella

A

Ciprofloxacin

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