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Infectious diseases Flashcards

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Lyme’s disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi, spread by ticks

Features include bulls-eye rash, fever, arthralgia
Heart block
Myocarditis
Facial nerve palsy
Meningitis
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Lyme’s disease management

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Treat with oral course of doxycycline for 14-21 days

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Leptospirosis

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Bilateral conjunctivitis
Bilateral calf pains
High fevers

Give high dose benzylpenicillin or doxycycline

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