Infectious diseases Flashcards
2 gram positive organisms that are coagulase negative
S.Saprophyticus
S. Epidermis
coagulase positive staph
S. Aureus
management for non-gonoccocal urethritis
oral doxy for 1 week
binds with ergosterol that causes monovalent ion leakage
amphotericin B, nystatin
inhibits 14a-demethylase which produces ergosterol
Azoles
Inhibits squalene epoxidase
Terbinafine
what stain is used to identify PCP in bronchoalveolar lavage
silver stain
stain for copper(wilsons diseasE)
rubeanic
stain for iron (haemochromatosis)
Perls prussian blue
Stain for corneal damage
Rose bengal
stain for amyloidosis
Congo red
most common cause of viral meningitis
Coxsackie virus
management of acute shistosomiasis(katayama fever , myalgia, diarrhoea, urticarial rash, hepatosplenomegaly with blood eosinophilia, and radiological evidence of pulmonary infiltrates).
Praziquantel