Inservice deck 11 - ID, procedures, meds Flashcards
medication is first line for prophylaxis for family of child with meningococcal meningitis?
rifampin
cipro alternative
typical appearance of the rash of secondary syphilis?
maculopapular/papulosquamous
what is most common complication of varicella in adults
pneumonitis
duration of HIV prophylaxis after needlestick?
1 month
can one tell difference clinically between infection of chlamydia and gonorrhea?
No
tx and potential side effects of patient whose peripheral smear shows crossed markings in RBCs
malaria
tx = chloroquine
Hospital worker has PPD placed and read with 15 mm induration. CXR obtained is normal so what is the treatment?
isoniazid (INH)
main side effects of INH?
toxic hepatitis and peripheral neuritis
main side effects of rifampin?
orange-colored body fluids, P450 drug interactions, hepatitis and thrombo
main side effects of streptomycin
nephrotoxic and ototoxic
list main effects of ethambutol
optic neuritis/ red-green color blindness
main effects of pyrazinamide
hyperuricemia, hepatitis, arthralgies, rash
most common etiology causing meningitis in sickle cell patient?
s pneumo
AIDS patient with meningitis, what organism? What is best test to evaluate?
cryptococcal meningitis
Woman working in lab with rats now with neuro symptoms and pulmonary edema may have
hantavirus
patient form missouri presenst with pulm symptoms an patchy infiltrates on CXR?
histoplastmosis
transmission of plague?
flea or tick
patient from east coast presents with target rash. Dx and tx?
lyme disease
doxy