Infectious Diseases Flashcards
What is the treatment for Mycoplasma pneumoniae?
Doxycycline or macropods (clari/erithro)
What investigations are used for the diagnosis and screening of HIV?
1) HIV p24 antigen
2)HIV antibody
What antibiotic for treatment of MRSA?
Vancomycin
Teicoplanin
Linezolid
Suppression:
Nose- mucoporin TDS 5days
Skin- chlorhexidine gluconate, od for 5 days
What is the treatment of Salmonella?
Ciprofloxacin
What is the treatment for Campylobacter?
Clarithromycin (if >8 stools/day or >7 days or immunocompromised)
What is used as prophylaxis for meningitis contacts?
PO ciprofloxacin or rifampicin
What is the treatment of Legionella?
Macrolides (erythro/clari)
What is the treatment of Legionella?
Macrolides (erythro/clari)
What cancers are EBV associated with?
1) Burkitt’s Lymphoma
2) Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
3) Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Which are live vaccines?
BCG (TB)
Yellow fever
Oral polio
Intranasal influenza
Varicella
Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
Which are live vaccines?
BCG (TB)
Yellow fever
Oral polio
Intranasal influenza (children)
Varicella
Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
What is the treatment for giardiasis?
Metronidazole
(Non-bloody with weight loss)
Most common cause of traveller’s diarrhoea
What are the side effects of anti-TB meds?
rifampicin
- potent liver enzyme inducer
- hepatitis
- orange secretions
- flu-like symptoms
isoniazid
- peripheral neuropathy: prevent with pyridoxine (Vitamin B6)
- hepatitis
- agranulocytosis
- liver enzyme inhibitor
pyrazinamide
- hyperuricaemia causing gout
- arthralgia, myalgia
- hepatitis
ethambutol
- optic neuritis: check visual acuity before and during treatment
What is the treatment for Lyme disease?
1st line: Doxycycline
2nd line: Amoxicillin
If disseminated disease: IV ceftriaxone
Overgrowth of which organisms is the most likely to cause of bacterial vaginosis?
Gardnerella