INFECTIOUS DISEASES Flashcards

TROPICAL INFECTOLOGY TICK ANIMALS BORNE ANTIBIOTIC LADDER HIV/AIDS ENDOCARDITIS UTI ANTIFUNGALS ANTIVIRALS

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OSTEO

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BIT: XR IF NORMAL
SECOND: MRI
MAT: BONE BIOPSY CULTURE (REGLA DE ORO)

BONE SCAN LACK SPECIFICITY EQUAL SENSITIVITY THAT MRI

EARLIEST FINDING:
PERIOSTEAL ELEVATION

ESR 4-6 WKS = SEQUESTRUM
ORDER: BONE DEBRIDEMENT

IF MSSA IV NAFCILINA
IF MRSA VANCO DAPTO LINEZOLID CEFTAROLINE

SALMONELLA PSEUDOMONA ONLY OSTEO TX PO ABX

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MALIGNANT OE
OSTEO SKULL BASE

OEA: TOPICAL POLYMIXIN + NEOMYCIN HYDROCORTISONE DROPS IN SEVERE CASES

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BIT:
MRI
MAT:
BONE BIO

ORDER:
CIPRO
PIP TAZO
CEFEPIME
AZTREONAM
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OMA
ETIOLOGY: MOPS
NON TYPABLE HINFLUENZAE NOT IN VACCINE

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PE:
MOST SENSITIVE PRESENCE OF INMOBILE TYMP MEMBRANE

AMOXICILLIN 7-10 D
MAT: TYMPANOCENTESIS AND ASPIRATE FOR CULTURE IF PERSISTANCE AND FAIL TTX

AMOXICILLIN CLAVULANATE
CEFDINIR 
CEFTIBUTEN
CEFUROXIME
CEFPROXIL
CEFPODOXIME
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SINUSITIS

SAME ETIOLOGY OMA SAME ABX

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BIT: IF XR AND CT SELECT CT
MAT: SINUS ASPIRATE FOR CULTURE

SAME ABXs OMA
BUT ADD INHALED STEROIDS

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STREP A

RHEUMATIC FEVER GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

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CENTOR

EXUDATES
LAD
ABSENCE OF COUGH
PAIN/SORE THROAT

RAPID STREP TEST

PENICILLIN
ALLERGY:
AZYTHROMICIN OR CLARITHROMICIN
USE CEPHALEXIN IF ITS JUST A RASH

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INFLUENZA

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BIT: IF DX UNCLEAR
VIRAL RAPID ANTIGEN DETECTION IN NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB

BEING AT HOME ISOLATE FOR 7 DAYS
OSELTAMAVIR ZANAMIVIR IN FIRST 48 HRS
PERAMIVIR IV NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITOR SIMILAR EFFICACY TO OSELTAMAVIR

AMANTADINE WRONG ANSWER

VACCINE: COPD CHF HEALTH CARE WORKERS DIALYSIS STEROID USERS OR MORE THAN 50 YEARS
INHALED LIVE ATTENUATED ONLY IN < 50 YRS
INACTIVATED IM FOR > 50 YRS

EGG ALLERGY NO CI

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TOPICAL ANTIFUNGALS IF NO HAIR AND NAILS INVOLVEMENT

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BEST INITIAL TEST:
ORDER KOH PREPARATION + CULTURE

TOPICAL CLOTRIMAZOL (STANDARD)
MICONAZOL
ECONAZOL
KETOCONAZOL
TERCONAZOL
NYSTATINE
CICLOPYROX
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ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATION FOR SCALP AND NAILS

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BEST INITIAL TEST:
KOH PREP

TERBINAFINE CHECK LFT’s FOLLOW UP
ITRACONAZOL
GRISEOFULVINE LESS EFFICACY

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GU
GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS

2 MEDICATIONS FOR URETHRITIS ALWAYS
CONFECTION

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BEST INITIAL TEST:

SWAB FOR GRAM STAIN CULTURE WBC COUNT SINGLE BEST TEST FOR GONO CHLAMYDIA IN USMLE:
DNA PROBE: NAAT NUCLEIC AMPLIFICATION TEST COMPARABLE TO PCR AND CAN BE DONE IN URINE SAMPLE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AS WELL

RECURRENT INFECTIONS:

TERMINAL COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY FOR URETHRA AND SNC AS WELL

GONORRHEA:
CEFTRIAXONA
CHLAMYDIA:
AZYTHROMICIN SINGLE PO DOSE USMLE TOC*
DOXYCICLINE 7 DAYS PO
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PREGNANT URETHRITIS TTX

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GONORRHEA: CEFTRIAXONE
CHLAMIDIA: AZYTHROMICIN

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PID

TREAT SAME URETHRITIS

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THE IS THE BEST NEXT STEP:
BHCG
ROULE OUT ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

WHAT IS THE BEST SINGLE INITIAL: DNA PROBE NAAT NUCLEIC AMPLIFICATION TEST IN URINE
MAT: LAPAROSCOPY

OUT: CEFTRIAXONE/DOXY

INPATIENT: CEFOXITINE/DOXY/METRO
CEFOTETAN /DOXY/METRO

PCN ALLERGY: CLINDA /GENTA

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EPIDIDIMO ORCHITIS

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AGE < 35 YO CEFTRIAXONE/DOXY GON/CLAM

AGE > 35 YO FLUOROQUINOLONE E. COLI

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CONDUCTA A SEGUIR
GENITAL ULCER
DX
DOC

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CHANCROID H. DUCREY
"PAINFUL"
NAIRIOBI OR MUELLER HINTON 
SWAB FOR GRAM STAIN IS DX
SINGLE DOSE CEFTRIAXONE OR AZYTHROMINCIN

LGV CHLAMIDIA
L1-4
ASPIRATE THE BUBOE
DOXY/AZYTHRO

HSV
GO STRAIGHT TO 
ACYCLO / VALACYCLO / FAMCICLOVIR 7-10d
DO 
TZANCK IN UNCLEAR CASES

SYPHILIS
DO DARK FIELD X 3 = 100% SENSITIVE
DO NOT SEROLOGY PRIMARY FOR DX 75 %
PENICILIN G

GRANULOMA INGUINAL KLEBSIELLA 
BEEFY RED LESION THAT ULCERATES 
DO 
TOUCH PREP
BIOPSY
GRANULOMATIS DONOVANOSIS 
DOXY/TMP-SMZ/AZYTHROMIZIN
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HSV TTX CONSIDERATIONS

CLEAR VESICULAR LESIONS
ULCERS OF UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY

MOST COMMON WRONG ANSWER FOR ACYCLOVIR RESISTANT HSV

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CLEAR VESICULAR LESIONS:
ACYCLO / VALACYCLO / FAMCICLOVIR 7-10d
ULCERS OF UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY:
TZANCK PREP
BUT THE MOST ACCURATE IS PCR 
SEROLOGY HAS NO UTILITY

GANCYCLOVIR THIMINE KINASE MUTATION RESISTANCE IS CRUZADA TOO

ACYCLOVIR 40 tid VALACYCLOVIR 500 bid SAFE IN PREGNANCY USE AT 36 WKS WOMEN WITH FIRST EPISODE DURING PREGNANCY OR WITH FREQUENT RECURRENCES
IV ACYCLOVIR TO ALL PREGNANT WOMAN WITH SEVERE DISEASE

CHRONIC SUPRESSIVE TREATMENT FOR RECURRENCES

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CMV

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VALGANCICLOVIR

FOSCARNET

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INFECTOUS MONONUCLEOSIS CCS CASE

17 YO CAME TO THE OFFICE  C/O SORE THROAT FEVER MALAISE MYALGIA HEADACHE 2 DAYS AGO HE RECEIVED AMPICILLIN FOR PHARYNGITIS 
39 C
PETECHIA
CERVICAL LAD 
LIVER ENLARGED 3 CM 
SPLENOMEGALY
A
CBC WBC >> LYMPHOCITOSIS ATYPICAL 
BMP
CXR
LFT BILIRRUBIN HIGH  ALAT HIGH
BLOOD CULTURES

ORDER:
HETEROPHILES ANTIBODIES
MONOSPOT
VIRAL CAPSIDE ANTIGEN IG M

ORDER:
ACETAMINOPHEN 
AVOID CONTACT SPORT
PREDNISONE
IF THROMBOCITOPENIA OR HEMOLITC ANEMIA
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GRANULOMA INGUNALE CCS CASE

24 YO MAN HAD AN PAINFUL ULCERATIVE GENITAL LESION FOR 3 DAYS THE LESION BEGAN AS PAPULE WITH ERYTHEMATOUS BASE .

A

Order

COMPLETE PE :
SOFT TENDER ULCER ON PREPUCE WITH INGUINAL LN.

ORDER
• VDRL 
  RPR 
• HIV 
• WRIGHT STAIN OR SCRAPING   2 TEST 4  GRANULOMA INGUINALE CAUSED BY  DONOVANOSIS

•GRAM STAIN PLEOMORPHIC GRAM NEGATIVE ROD
IN “SCHOOL OF FISH” PATTERN
• DARK FIELD EXAMINATION
• CHLAMYDIAL ANTIBODY TESTING OF SCRAPPING.

ORDER
• CULTURE SCRAP: ➕ H. DUCREY

ORDER
AZYTHROMICIN 1 GR ONE SINGLE PO DOSE CEFTRIAXONE 250 MG IM SINGLE DOSE

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SECONDARY LUES CCS CASE

24 YO MALE C/O MACULOPAPULAR RASH OVER ALL HIS BODY MILD FEVER HA SORE THROAT 2 WK AGO HAD A PAINLESS GENITAL ULCER THAT RESOLVED ON ITS OWN.

A

ORDER

COMPLETE PE
ALOPECIA
DIFUSE MP RASH DARK REDISH FEW PUSTULES GENERALIZED MODERTE ADENOPATHY

  ORDER
• CBC • BMP • UA • VDRL RPR: HIGH TITER
• HIV 
• HbsAg, 
  Anti HBc antibodies. 

ORDER
• FTAA ➕
CULTURE OF PUSTULES NO GROWTH\

ORDER
• LP NORMAL
CSF VDRL, RPR, FTAA: ALL NON RACTIVE

ORDER
PCN G 2.4 MILLION SINGLE IM DOSE.

FOLLOW UP6 -12-24 MONTHS LATER TITTERS VDR PRP TO LOW

LATENT SYPHILIS
EARLY SAME RX  1ry 2ry SYPHILIS
LATE PCN G BENZATINA ONCE/WK X 3 WK 2.4 M
DOXICICLYNE PO 100 mg DY X 4 wk
TETRACICLINE 500 mg 4 XDY X 4 wk

NEUROSYPHILIS
PCN OR PCN IF ALLERGY
DESENSITIZES

SUSPECT:
HIV
NEURO SYMPTOMS
INNITIALLY > 1:32 TITERS FAIL TO DECLINE AFTER TX FOUR FOLD

LATER FU: CSF EVERY 6 MOS FOR WBC COUNT AND VDRL RPR TITERS 2 YRS AFTER REPEAT IF CSF WBC DO NOT NORMALIZES

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VZV

SHINGLE CCS CASE

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HZV SHINGLE CASE ORDER
WRIGHT OR GIEMSA STAIN OF UNROOFED LESION (TZANCK PREP) VIRAL CULTURE OR PCR
ORDER:
ACYCLOVIR/VANCYCLOVIR/GANCYCLOVIR
GABAPENTIN POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA TCA 
VZ VACCINE 65- OLDER
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CCS CASE DISSEMINATED GONORRHEA
DX
LYME
REITER
VIRAL DISEASES

37 YO WOMAN HAS 3 DAYS OF PROGRESSIVE JOINT PAIN IN HER ANKLES KNEES AND WRIST THERE IS ALSO PAIN IN THE BACK OR HER HAND AND FOREARMS AS SHE FLEXES OR EXTENDS HER FINGERS

A

ORDER:

COMPLETE PE TEMP 38.7
PHARYNGEAL INJECTION 
SKIN PETECHIAL RASH
SWOLLEN RED TENDER KNEE 
ANKLE WITH DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION. 

ORDER:

• CBC 
• BLOOD CULTURE 
• PT, PTT 
• UA 
• URINE CULTURE 
• SWAB RECTAL ORAL URETHRAL
• ARTHROCENTESIS 
• JOINT FLUID C S AND CELLS
• THAYER MARTIN MEDIA CULTURE
 • VAGINAL C S, DNA PROBE FOR CHLAMYDIA AND 
   GONORRHEA
  ALL STD/IVD USER:
• RPR, VDRL 
• HbsAg, 
  anti Hbc Ab.
 • HIV

ORDER:

• IV CEFTRIAXONE 1 g Q DAY FOR 7 - 10 days IS TOC
FOR DISSEMINATED GONORRHEA

PO CHOICES:
CEPODOXIME
CEFIXIME

ALL STD:
NOTIFY PUBLIC HEALTH
SAFE SEX
TREAT PARTNER

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CCS CASE CHOLANGITIS POSS HEPATIC ABSCESS

54 YO MAN WITH DM COMES TO THE OFFICE HE BEGAN HAVE RUQ PAIN CHILLS FEVER
PH: KNOWN BILIARY TRACT DISEASE

A

Order

Complete PE» 38.9 temp, vitally tachycardia , N. BP, mild icterus, RUQ Tenderness, no masses. No peritoneal signs,

Order
• CBC» leukocytosis, • BMP
• Abd ultrasound : dilated common bile duct with stone and mass lesion in right lobe of liver, consistent with hepatic abscess.
• Abd x-ray acute series. • Alkaline phosphatase • LFT»> total bilirubin 3. • PT,PTT
• UA • Blood culture
• U culture
• CXR»> fluid in Right costophrenic angle,
• Amylase • Lipase Order
• Send PT to ER
• NPO
• Iva • NSS
• CT scan of the abdomen : dilated CBD, 5X3 cm mass in right lobe of liver» abscess.
• Stool for (ova, parasite, culture, G stain)
• IV ampicillin/ sulbactam + doxycycline or Cephtriaxone + metronidazole.
• Surgical consult, reason : cholangitis for possible hepatic abscess.
• Percutaneous drainage of liver.

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CCS CASE CEREBRAL ABSCESS

55 yo man comes to your office with almost 2 wks of progressive worsening headache, fever, and 2 days of left hand and leg weakness. There has been nausea and some vomiting.

A
Order 
complete PE >> temp 39, bulging red right tympanic members. Left Upper and lower extremely weakness. Intact sensory exam. 
Order
• CBC 
• BMP 
• U-a 
• Urine culture
 • Blood culture 
• CXR
 • Brain CT with and without contrast >> hypodense area on right tempropariatal lobe. Marked enhancement with contrast. >> consistent with brain abscess Order
  • Send to ED
  • NPO
  • PT, PTT • Fibrinogen
  • FDP
  • Stereotactic CT guided needle biopsy of the lesion.&raquo_space; G positive cocci in chain and G negative rod&raquo_space; culture&raquo_space; strep viridans and bacteriodes melaninognicus.

Order
• IV Penicillin + metronidazole for 8 wks, or phetriaxone + metro
• Repeat CT after 3 wks.
• Surgical drainage if resistant to antibiotic.

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CCS CASE INFLUENZA

25 YO MALE RETURN FROM NICKING TRIP WITH SEVERE EXCRUCIATING HEADACHE FEVER CHILLS MYALGIA

A

Order&raquo_space; complete PE&raquo_space; fever 38, mild enlarged cervical LN, erythematous pharynx, scattered rahles bilaterally.
Order
• CBC» • BMP • Blood culture • Urine analysis • Urine culture • CXR» bilateral interstitial markings. • ABG&raquo_space;> 7.48/30/70. O2 sat 93%. • Sputum G stain&raquo_space; few leucocytes • Sputum culture for bacteria, viral, mycobacterium fungi&raquo_space; viral ag detected. Order
• Admit to hospital • Respiratory support ( oxygen, humidified air) if her ABG deteriorating do intubation • Ozeltamivir/ zanamivir • Antibiotic if there is bacteria, infection detected in culture

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LYME DISEASE CCS CASE

25 YO MAN RETURN FROM NICKING TRIP WITH
HA FEVER MYALGIA

A

Order
complete PE&raquo_space; Nuchal rigidity, right facial palsy. Temp 39.
Order
•CBC • BMP • Fibrinogen • Blood culture • Brain CT • Lumbar puncture» as usual add antibodies against Burrelia burgedorferi ( ELIZA and western blot), bacterial and viral culture. Order
• Burrelia burgedorferi Serum IgM level ( ELIZA )» high titer • Serum Western blot Order
Cephtriaxone for 3 wks.
“2 min screen”
deet Diethiltoluamide Permethrine repellent to clothes wear protective clothes

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CCS CASE COMPLICATED OMA MASTOIDITIS

27 MALE COME TO THE OFFICE A WEEK AFTER INITIAL VISIT FOR EAR PAIN AND DECREASE HEARING . HE WAS COMPLIANT WITH AMOXICILLIN THAT YOU HAD PRESCRIBED IT TO HIM FROM WEEK AGO. HE COMES NOW BECAUSE WORSENING PAIN AND DETERIORATION AF HEARING.

A

Order&raquo_space;
complete PE&raquo_space; temp 38, bulging red tympanic membrane, intact membrane, tender Pinna, which displaced inferiorly and laterally. Area abive the pinna is tender and Small fluctuate mass.
Order
• CBC • BMP • Plain x ray of mastoid process»> obliteration of mastoid air cells and destruction of trabecular mesh work. • CT of mastoid process&raquo_space; massive destruction and subperiosteal collections. • Tympanocentesis and culture&raquo_space; Strep. pneumonia. • Mastoid biopsy is the most sensitive test. Order
• IV penicillin only for pen sensitive pneumococcal infection • Pen resistant&raquo_space; cefotaxime or Ceftriaxone • Vancomycine for one resistant.

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CCS CASE ASCENDING CHOLANGITIS

78 YO WOMAN BROUGHT TO THE ED WITH FEVER CHILLS RUQ PAIN LIGHT STOOLS COLOR AND DARKER COLOR OF URINE HTN ON BETA BLOCKER

A

ORDER COMPLETE PE

38.6 C BP 90/60, HR 100, SCLERAL ICTERIC, RUQ TENDERNESS,MILD REBOUND TENDERNESS WELL HEALED SCAR IN RIGHT HYPOC

ORDER:

• Oxy, Pulse oxy • IV access, NSS • NPO
• IV AMPICILLIN/SULBACTAM if allergic to pen use
AZTREONAM + METRONIDAZOL COVER GRAM NEG
• EKG
• CARDIAC MONITORING
• CBC
• BMP» BUN high,
• FIBRINOGEN
• BLOOD CULTURE
• URINE ANALYSIS
• URINE CULTURE
• LFT» bilirubin 4 (hi) , alk 300 (hi), rest are N.
•ABDOMINAL USG&raquo_space; DILATED COMMON BILE DUCT&raquo_space; NO MASSES.

ORDER:

  • ADMIT TO WARD
  • CONSULT SURGERY
  • Order ERCP TO REVIEW THE STONE FROM BILE DUCT IF FAILED EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY
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CCS CASE SUB ACUTE ENDOCARDITIS

32 YO MALE COMES TO THE ER ROOM CO 5 DAYS OF PRODUCTIVE COUGH PLEURITIC CHEST PAIN HE IS AN ACTIVE IV DRUG USER LAST USE ON THE DAY BEFORE PRESENTATION

A

Order
Complete PE»> Temp 39, thin, lying on stretcher, petechia on his mouth and conjunctiva. Bilateral clear.thin red lines on his fingernails.

Order
• Pulse oxy • Oxygen • IV access&raquo_space;> Normal saline • Cardiac monitoring

Order
• CBC • BMP • UA • Blood culture&raquo_space;> MSSA&raquo_space;> • Urine culture • IV Vancomycin + gentamycin • CXR&raquo_space;> multiple Nodular lesion bilateral
• Echo&raquo_space;> vegetation

Order
• Admition • Nafcillin+Genta for 6 wks coz vegetations.

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CCS SKIN INFECTION CASE

6 YO BOY IS BROUGHT TO THE OFFICE WITH RASH THAT STARTED AS SUPERFICIAL ACCUMULATION OF SEVERAL SMALL VESICLES ON HIS LEGS BELLOW THE KNEE NO FEVER OR CHILLS.

A

ox honey down crusted lesions on erythema tours base
Nothing to be done&raquo_space; this is classical distribution of impetigo causative organism strep pyogenes

ORDER:

Topical Mupirocin if not oral dicloxacillin & nafcillin. Pen allergy erythromycin s or azithromycin.
RETAPAMULIN TOPICAL ABX ONLY FOR IMPETIGO

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29
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USMLE QUESTION:
A MAN COMES WITH A PAINLESS GENITAL ULCER

SYPHILIS
SENSITIVITY
TTX: NOTE IM TO IV SINGLE TO MULTIPLE

NON TREPONEMAL
VDRL and RPR
TREPONEMAL
ROULE IN SPIN CONFIRMATE /EXPENSIVES TO SCREENNING
EIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOABSORBENT ASSAY
TPHT: TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST
FTA abs; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA Abs

A

PRIMARY
ANSWER:
DO DARKFIELD 25% IN PRIMARY LUES SERONEGATIVES

DARK FIELD  MOST SENSITIVE
VDRL RPR 75%
FTA-Abs
TTX: SINGLE IM PCN G
ALLERGY: DOXY

SECONDARY

DARK FIELD  
VDRL RPR 99%
FTA
TTX: SINGLE IM PCN G
ALLERGY:  DOXY

TERCIARY

DARK FIELD  
VDRL RPR 50 %
FTA SENSITIVITY 100% EN CSF 75% IN BLOOD
TTX: IV PENIC G
ALLERGIES:DESENSITIZE

CCS “2 MIN” SCREEN
FOLLOW UP: “LATER” RPR/VDRL TO LOW
DO NOT USE TREPONEMAL TEST FTABS EIA LIFELONG REACTIVITY

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Q

PCN ALLERGY DESENSITIZE IS THE ANSWER 2 SCENARIOS SYPHYLIS

A

NEUROSYPHILIS

PREGNANT

31
Q

BASIC SCIENCE HPV:

IMIQUIMOD

STIMULATES CYTOKINES
INTERFERON
TNF ALPHA IL-6
ALSO NK SYSTEM

ALSO USE: BASAL CELL
ACTINIC QUERATOSIS
MINOR SQUAMOUS CELL

A

WARTS:
PODOFILOX: CITOXIC ANTIMYCOTIC
IMIQUIMOD

IF NO RESUELVE:

PODOPHILIN RESIN
TCA

THEN:
SURGERY:
IF> 1CM REDUCE W/ TCA PODOPHILIN THEN
EXCISION
CRYO, LASER, TRICHLOROACETIC ACID.

FU: RECURRENCE
PREGNANCY: TCA SURGERY
DO NOT USE PODOPHILIN, PODOFILOX, FU TEERATOGENIC

32
Q

PEDICULOSIS AND SCABIES

A

PERMETHRINA: BOTH
IVERMECTINE: SCABIES
LINDANE : BOTH
PYRETHRINES PEDICULOSIS

33
Q

UTI

A

FOSFOMYCIN NITROFURANTOIN 3d SAFE IN PREGNANCY CLASS B
E COLI RESISTANCE >20% LEVO OR CIPRO
COMPLICATED MEANS STONE STRICTURE TUMOR OBSTRUCTION: TMP-SMT 7 d

34
Q

ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA

A

DO NOT TREAT

JUST IN PREGNANCY AND PREVIOUS AN INSTRUMENTATION

35
Q

PYELO 7 DYS DOES NOT RESOLVE

A
DO US R/O PERINEPHRIC ABSCESS
BIOPSY
COVER SELECTED OUT GRAM POSITIVES
VANCO
NAFCILLIN
OXACILLIN
36
Q

PROSTATITIS IS LIKE AN ABSCESS

A

BEST INITIAL TEST: UA
MAT: WBC PROST MASSAGE

CIPRO
TMP-SMT
FOSFOMYCIN

37
Q

NGU 5 TO 10 dys AFTER

A

AZYTHRO TOC*
NO MEJORA ?
IF COMPLIANCE NOR REINFECTION

DO METRONIDAZOL TRICHOMONAS

NO MEJORA ?
RESISTANT NGU
ERYTHROMYCIN 800 MG / 6 TIMES A DAY

38
Q

RMSF

HIKING AND CAMPING IN LONG ISLAND 2 DYS ago + FINE PETECHIAL RASH OVER WRIST AND LEFT ANKLE =TICK BORNE

ORDER:

INDIRECT FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TESTING INMUNOASSAY OR COMPLEMENT FIXATION NEGATIVES

REPEAT SEROLOGY FOR RSMF IN ONE WEEK?

ERLICHIOSIS; CENTRAL RASH NO ERIPHERY

A

NO!

ABS ARE TYPICALLY SEEN IN n 7-10 DYS AFTER ONSET
REPEATING WOULD DELAY

TREAT EMPIRICALLY

DOXY
PREGNANCY CLORANFENICOL

39
Q

HIV/AIDS

WHEN TO START THERAPY?

A
CD4 < 500  -350
CD4 > 500 VIRAL LOAD DETECTABLE - 50,000 BY PCR 
PREGNANCY ANY CD4 ANY STAGE
NEEDLE STICK INJURY
SYMPTOMATIC PTS ANY CD4 OR VIRAL LOAD
40
Q

ADVERSE EFFECTS GENERIC

HAVE YOU DINE WITH YOUR NUCLEAR FAMILY?
NAVIR TEASE A PROTEASE INHIBITOR

A

NUCLEOSIDE: LACTIC ACIDOSI
PI HYPERGLICEMIA HYPERLIPIDEIMIA
NON NUCLEOSIDE DROWSISSNESS AVOID MENTAL ILNESS
INTEGRASE INHIBITORS

41
Q

ADVERSE EFFECTS SELECTIVE

A
NUCLEOSIDES:
ZIDOVUDINE: ANEMIA
DIDASONIDE/ STAVUDINE: PANCREATITIS NEUROPATHY
ABACAVIT HLA B 5701  RASH
TENOFOVIR RTA RENAL TOX
NEUROPATHY BONE DEMINERALIZATION

PI: INDINAVIR: KIDNEY STONES

42
Q

ADVERSE EFFECTS GENERIC

HAVE YOU DINE WITH YOUR NUCLEAR FAMILY?
NAVIR TEASE A PROTEASE INHIBITOR
GRAVIR: INTERGRASE INHIB

A

NUCLEOSIDE: LACTIC ACIDOSIS
PI HYPERGLYCEMIA HYPERLIPIDEIMIA
NON NUCLEOSIDE DROWSINESS AVOID MENTAL ILLNESS
INTEGRASE INHIBITORS

43
Q

ADVERSE EFFECTS SELECTIVE

USMLE FREQ QUESTIONS

A

NUCLEOSIDES:

ZIDOVUDINE: ANEMIA
DIDASONIDE/ STAVUDINE: PANCREATITIS NEUROPATHY
ABACAVIT TEST FOR  HLA B 5701 = RASH
TENOFOVIR RTA RENAL TOX
NEUROPATHY BONE DEMINERALIZATION

PI: INDINAVIR: KIDNEY STONES

44
Q

MARAVIROC
COBICISTAT
RITONAVIR

A

MFAGE: CCR5 - Gp 120 ENTRY INHIBITOR
BOST DRUG LEVELS
ADD TO HARRT BOOST LEVEL OF OTER PI s BY P450 INTERACTION

45
Q

HAART EXAMPLES
2 NUCLEOSIDE + 1 INTEGRASE INHIBITOR PRINCIPLE
+ BOOSTER.

A

TENOFOFOVIR EMTRICITABINA+ PI ATRAZANAVIR + RITO
TENOFOVIR EMTRICITABINA+ INTEGRASE INHIBITOR
LAMIVUDINE ABACAVIR + INTEGRASE INHIBITOR

46
Q

USMLE FAVORITE

HIV + FND

A

RING OR CONTRAST ENHANCING LESIONS

PYRIMETAMINE + SULFADIAZINE

REPEAT CT SCAN 2 WK
IF NOT
LYMPHOMA CNS
BIOPSY IT

CAN USE ATOVAQUONE INSTEAD PYRIMETHAMINE

47
Q

PCP

A

PCPPr: CD4 200 TMP-SMX BY FAR

USMLE FAVORITES PrSCENARIOS:

ATOVAQUONE IF RASH TMP-SMX
DAPSONE G6PD
PENTAMIDINE AEROSOLIZED LESS EFFICACY

PCP CCS:

IV TMP-SMX
IV PENTAMIDINE
CLINDAMICINA PRIMAQUINA IF RASH
ATOVAQUONE FOR MILD CASES
PaO2 70 mm 35 A-a STEROID
48
Q

NEUROTOXOPLASMOSIS
USMLE FAVORITE
HIV + FND

A

Pr TOXOPLASMOSIS
CD4 < 100
DO IgG SEROLOGY FOR TOXOPLASMOSIS
GIVE TMP/SMX

RING OR CONTRAST ENHANCING LESIONS
DO IgG SEROLOGY TOXOPLASMA

EMPIRIC
PYRIMETHAMINE + SULFADIAZINE

REPEAT CT SCAN 2 WK

RESOLUTION?

FU
LIFELONG TMP/SMX
D/C IF CD4> 200

RING ENHANCING LESIONS PERSISTS
LYMPHOMA CNS
BIOPSY IT

CAN USE ATOVAQUONE INSTEAD PYRIMETHAMINE

49
Q

MAI

A

CD4 < 50 AZITHRO MAI
Pr = AZITHRO 1200 mg ONCE /WK PO

DX ORDER:
BLOOD CULTURE LEAST SENSITIVITY
BONE MARROW MORE SENSITIVE
LIVE BX THE MOST SENSITIVE

TTX- CCS MAI
AZYTHROMICIN OR CLARYTHROMCIN INSTEAD
RIFAMPICIN
ETHAMBUTOL
ADD
RIFABUTIN

PPD >5 mm

EVALUATE AND TREAT FOR EITHER ACTIVE OR LATENT TB

50
Q

SIGHT THREATENING CMV

ORAL CANDIDIOSIS/ESOPHAGI

A
DX:
 DILATED FUNDOSCOPIC EXAM
ORDER:
IV GANCICLOVIR : LOW WBC
FOSCARNET :HIGH CREATININE

Pr VALGANCYCLOVIR UNLESS HART CD4 RISES

PO FLUCONAZOL
PO DIFLUCAN REFRACTORY PERSISTENT

51
Q

HIV < 50
HA FEVER
NECK STIFFNESS AND FOTOPHOBIA

A

DX:

CSF ANALYSIS :
LYMPHOCYTES
SENSITIVITY
INDIA INK 60%
CRYPTOCOCAL ANTIGEN 95%

AMPHOTERICINE + 5 FC FOLLOWED BY FLUCONAZOL
Pr LIFELONG FLUCONAZOL UNLESS CD4 RAISES

52
Q

PME

A
HIV< 50
BEST NEXT STEP
MRI-CT SCAN FOR WHITE MATTER LESIONS
PCR CSF FOR CJ
HAART
53
Q

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

A
MAJOR CRITERIA
2 BLOOD CULTURES + POSITIVE ECHO = INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
BEST NEXT STEP USMLE:
FEVER+ NEW MURMUR+ BLOOD C S 
IF BLOOD CS POSITIVE DO ECHO-CARDIOGRAM
IF TTE ECHO IS NEGATIVE DO TEE
SENSITIVITIES 60% VS 95%
SPECIFICITY EQUAL 95%
54
Q

USMLE MYTH FAVORITES

A

COXIELLA
BARTONELLA
ARE MCC CULTURE NEGATIVE ENDOCARDITIS THAN HACEK

CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM MCC THAN STREP BOVIS ORDER COLONOSCOPY

55
Q
ENDOCARDITIS TTX
MCO:
S aureus
MRSA
VIRIDANS Strep
A

DO 4-6 WK IV TTX
DO NOT NEED TO COVER GNR
EMPIRIC: VANCO+GENTA OR (CEFTRIAXONE)

LEARN ONE:
IN MRSA
VANCO
DAPTOMICIN 
IN MSSA NAFCILLIN
56
Q

ONLY CARDIAC DEFECTS THAT NEEDS PROPHYLAXIS

DENTAL PROCEDURES THAT CAUSES BLEEDING
RESPIRATORY TRACT
SURGERY OF INFECTED SKIN

A

TRANSPLANTS PATIENT WHO DEVELOPED VALVULAR DZ
PROSTHETIC VALVES
UNREPAIRED CARDIAC CYANOTIC MALFORMATIONS
PREVIOUS ENDOCARDITIS

DOC:
AMOXICILLIN
ALLERGIES: CLINDAMYCIN or AZITHRO/CLARITHRO
JUST RASH: CEPHALEXIN

57
Q

TO MUCH INFORMATION FOR ONLY ONE CARD

RECREAR MEJOR ESTO

ULTRA HY INFECTOLOGY
Aedes Mosquito: Chikungunya Dengue and Yellow Fever
NST: No specific treatment
HF: Hemorrhagic fever
IC: Inmunocompromising
Criptococcus Neoformans resistant to Echinocandins Caspofungin Micafungin Candida auris is resistant to Fluconazol Voriconazol

A
TULAREMIA 
TRICHINELLOSIS Under-cooked meat Myalgia
Dx (Eosinophils + CK MM + ELISA) Albendazol Mebendazol
PLAGUE Fever HA Myalgia Massive LAD Buboes Aspirate MAC Culture Streptomycin Gentamycin  Doxycicline.  Lung is fatal
STRONGILOIDES
CYSTICERCOSIS Albendazol
BRUCELLAS 
CHAGAS 
ANTHRAX
BARTONELLA
TICK:
RMSF
LYME
BABESIA
ERLICHIA/ANAPLASMA
MALARIA

FUNGAL AND ATYPICAL

NOCARDIA
ACTYNOMICES
HYSTOPLASMOSIS
COCCIDIOMYCOSIS
BLASTOMYCOSIS
MUCORMYCOSIS DKA Deferoxamine Surgery + IV Amphotericin FU: Posaconazol Isavuconazol
ASPERGILLUS
CANDIDA auris Bloodstream IC  Resistant Fluconazol Voriconazol Tx: Echinocandins Caspofungin Micafungin

TROPICAL DISEASE AND PARASITES
DENGUE HF NST ELISA
EBOLA HF Airborne? NO!!! Direct Contact PCR
CHIKUNGUYA RNA virus Toga Aedes Joint Pain Arthralgia y Rash PCR NST
ZIKA Microcephaly GB association Acetaminophen and Fluids NST
CRIMEAN CONGO RNA HF Ticks ELISA PCR Rivabirin
LEISHMANIOSIS Direct + PCR to confirm liposomal Anphothericine Miltefosine
ECHINOCOCCUS Albendazol Alcoholization cyst
BEDBUG
MID EASTERN RESPIRATORY SYNDROME Coronavirus Airborne Middle East Arabia Saudi ARDS fatal
CHOLERA OK

58
Q

LYME

A

CAMPING / HIKING + RASH = LYME = DOXYCICLINE
RASH IS ENOUGH
PO alternatives: Pregnant: Amoxicillin Cefuroxime

MANIFESTATIONS NEED CONFIRMATION:
IgM IgG ELISA confirm WESTERN BLOT OR PCR

JOINT
CARDIAC
CNS

4 USMLE:
RASH JOINT BELL PALSY DOXYCICLNE
CNS OR CARDIAC (AV BLOCK) CEFTRIAXONE

59
Q

MALARIA

A

MILD MALARIA AND Pr MALARIA :
MEFLOQUINE Neuropsychiatric effects bradycardia and QT prolongation
ARTOVAQUONE/PROGUANIL

IV QUININE/DOXYCICLINE

TREAT SEVERE MALARIA WITH ARTEMISINS DERIVATES ARTEMETHER ARTHESUNATE AS IV QUININE PROLONGS QT AND HAS LESS EFFICACY

SEVERE MALARIA: ARTEMETHER ARTHESUNATE

PARASITEMIA > 5 %
HYPOGLYCEMIA
CNS
HIGH CREATININE
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS

USMLE FAVORITE:
G6PD BEFORE PRIMAQUINE
REMEMBER DAPSONE IN PCP

60
Q

ANTIBIOTICS
ANTIVIRALS
ANTIFUNGALS

61
Q

LADDER FOR STAPH STREP

CELL WALL PETIDO GLICAN

D Ala-D Ala: TELAVANCIN DELVAVANCIN ORITAVANCIN= VANCOMYCIN
PBP = PCN CEPHALOSPORINS CARBAPENEM MONOBACTAM (EXCEPTION AZTREONAM)

RIBOSOMAL BUY AT 50 CELL AT 30

AMINOGLICOSIDE
TETRACICLINES

CLINDA
ERITHRO
LINEZOLID

QUINOLONES DNA GYRASE TOPOISOMERASE II = ETOPOSIDO TOPO I

TELAVANCIN DELVAVANCIN ORITAVANCIN

TMP-SMX: - FOLATE DHFR INHIB

A

MSSA
OXACILLIN
NAFCILLIN
CEPHAZOLIN

MRSA

BLOOD STREAM:
LINEZOLID: LOW PLATELETS
DAPTOMICIN: MYOPATHY
VANCOMICIN
CEFTAROLINE
MINOR
CLINDAMICIN
TMP-SMZ
DELAFLOXACIN
TIGECYCLINE
ESBL HA INFECTIONS
CARBAPENEM 
CEPHALOSPORIN BETALACTAMASE INHIB
CEFOLOZANE-TAZO
CEFTAZIDIMA-AVIBACTAM
62
Q

STREPTOCOCCUS

A

PCN
AMPICILLIN
AMOXICILLIN

63
Q

GEMIFLOXACINO

DELAFLOXACINO

A

QUINOLONE FOR PNA

MRSA SKIN
GNR

64
Q

LADDER FOR GNR ESSENTIALLY EQUAL EFFICACY

A

CEFEPIME
CEFTAZIDIMA

PIPERACILINA
TICARCILINA

AZTREONAM

CIPROFLOXACINO
LEVOFLOXACINO
MOXIFLOXACINO
GEMIFLOXACINO

GENTAMYCIN
TOBRAMYCIN
AMIKACIN

IMIIPENEM
ERTAPENEM
MEROPENEM
DORIPENEM

65
Q

ANAEROBES

A

BELLOW DIAPHRAGM
METRONIDAZOL

SAME EFFICACY THAN METRONIDAZOL:
CARBAPENEM: IMIPENEM SEIZURES
TICARCILINA
PIPERACILLIN

ONLY CEPHALOSPORIN COVERS ANAEROBES CEFOXITINA
CEFOTETAN

ABOVE DIAPHRAGM:
RESP ANAEROBES STREP
CLINDAMYCIN

66
Q

HPV

Papanicolau
Liquid base cytology
For woman > 30 YO combine Liquid Cytology with HPV DNA testing

A

3 YEARS AFTER THE ONSET OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE OR 21 YO WHICHEVER EARLIER
IF 3 CONSECUTIVE NEGATIVES CONSIDER INCREASING THE INTERVAL BETWEEN CYTOLOGY SCREENING 2 TO 3 YRS IF NOT CIN 2 OR CIN 3 -IMMUNE COMPROMISE -HIV INFECTION OR IN UTERO EXPOSITION TO DIETILETHILBESTROL
DO NOT SCREEN WOMAN WHO ARE NEGATIVE FOR BOTH HP DNA AND CYTOLOGY BEFORE 3 YRS
REPEAT HPV DNA TESTING AND CYTOLOGY
EVERY 6 -12 MONTHS IN HIGH RISK WOMAN OR HPV DNA POSITIVE.
DISCONTINUE:
HYSTERECTOMY FOR BENIGN PROCESS OR 65 TO 70 YO WITH NEGATIVE RECENT ADEQUATE CERVICAL CYTOLOGY SCREENING

67
Q

CCS CASE
ACUTE RETRO VIRAL SYNDROME
DIFFERENTIAL DX

INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS-LIKE CASE
SECONDARY SYPHILIS
ACUTE EARLY HEPATITIS B or A
INFLUENZA
ACUTE TOXOPLASMOSIS
ROSEOLA
ACUTE HSV INFECTION
STILL DISEASE
A

SCREEN FOR

VDRL / RPR
CHLAMYDIA
GONORRHEA DNA PROBE NAAT URINE

BASELINE GENOTYPE
HAART IS OPTIONAL IN ARS

DON’T FORGET CCS 2 MIN SCREEN

HEPATITIS A HEP B
PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES EVERY 5 YR
INFLUENZA ANNUAL

NOTIFY HEALTH PUBLIC
HIV SUPPORT GROUP
SAFE SEX
TREAT PARTNER

68
Q

PREVENTING MOTHER CHILD TRANSMISSION

A

USE C-SECTION
NO BREASTFEEDING ONLY FORMULA FEEDING
HAART THERAPY DURING PREGNANCY AND LABOR

69
Q

MENINGITIS
CCS APPROACH

VANCOMYCIN + CEPHALOSPORIN THIRD GENERATION
CEFTRIAXONE
CEFEPIME
CEFTAZIDIME
MEROPENEM

COVER LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENA IN >50 YO AND < 1 MONTH
IV AMPICILLIN

A

ORDER
BLOOD CULTURES AND LUMBAR PUNCTION STAT

AVANCE CLOCK 1 MIN

NOT IN THE SAME SCREEN
DEXAMETHASONE 15 MIN BEFORES 1 ST DOSE OF EMPIRIC ANTIBIOTICS

ORDER
PROTEIN GLUCOSE CELL COUNT GRAM STAIN AND BACTERIAL CULTURES
CSF PCR FOR ENTEROVIRUS AND HSV IF BACTERIAL GRAM STAIN AND CULTURE ARE NEGATIVE “ASEPTIC MENINGITIS”

CT SCAN BEFORE LP IF:

IMMUNE COMPROMISED
HISTORY OF CNS DISEASE
NEW ONSET SEIZURE
PAPILEDEMA
ALTERED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
FND

NEGATIVE CT SCAN&raquo_space;> PERFORM LUMBAR PUNCTURE

CSF ANALYSIS:

CSF FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH BACTERIAL MENINGITIS

CONTINUE OR STOP ABXS

70
Q

NEUTHROPENIA FEBRILE

A

ABSOLUTE NEUTROPENIA < 500
COVER GRAM NEGATIVE WITH CEFEPIME OR IMIPENEM
IF VERY CRITICALLY ILL OR MRSA RISK ADD VANCOMYCIN
IF NO RESPONSE I 48 HOURS ADD ANTIFUNGALS

71
Q

NEUTHROPENIA FEBRILE

A

ABSOLUTE NEUTROPENIA < 500
COVER GRAM NEGATIVE WITH CEFEPIME OR IMIPENEM
IF VERY CRITICALLY ILL OR MRSA RISK ADD VANCOMYCIN
IF NO RESPONSE I 48 HOURS ADD ANTIFUNGALS