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1
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pneumocystis carinii is what kind of organism?
virus
fungi
protozoa
bacteria
A

fungi

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drug of choice for giardiasis

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metronidazole

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alternative drug for giardisasis

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quanacrine

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drug of choice for cryptosporidium

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nitazodanide

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drug of choice for cyclospora

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TMP-SMX

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drug of choice for trichomoniasis

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metro

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drug of choice for the hemolytic stage of trypanosoma rhodiense

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suramin

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drug of choice for for late CNS stage of trypanosoma rhodiense

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melarsoprol

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drug of choice for for trypanosoma gambiense hemolytic stage

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pentamidine

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10
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drug of choice for trypanosoma gambiense late CNS stage

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eflornithine

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drug of choice for chagas disease

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benzimidazole

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12
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drug of choice for leishmaniasis

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stibogluconate

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drug of choice for naegleria and acanthomoeba

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IV and intrathecal amphotericin B

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drug of choice for vivax and ovale malaria in areas of less drug resistance

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chloroquine

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drug of choice for vivax and ovale malaria to afford radical cure and kill hepatic hypnozoites

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piramquine

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16
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term used to describe the remergence of symptoms in malaria patients previously asymptomatic due to decreased immune response with no prior treatment

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recrudescence

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17
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drug of choice for falciparum malaria

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artemether

lumefantrine

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18
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drug of choice for toxoplasma

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sulfadiazine plus pyrimethamine

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19
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only common protozoan pathogen found in the duodenum and jejunum of humans causing diarrhea

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giardia lamblia

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20
Q 
after ingestion of contaminated food or water, patient had water greasy bulky foul smelling stool. what is most likely possible diagnosis?
cholera
amoebiasis
giardiasis
bacillary diarrhea
A

giardia

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21
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lateral spread or invasion of amoebae in the intestine produces this characteristic histologic finding

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flask shaped lesions

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22
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most common extra intestinal amebic infection

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amebic liver abscess

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23
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characteristic description of the drainage in amebic liver abscess?

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anchovy paste

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most commonly misdiagnosed nonpathogenic amebic species

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entamoeba dispar

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25
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most common source of spread of amebic infections

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asymptomatic cyst passers

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26
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DOC for asymptomatic cyst passers

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difloxanide furoate

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27
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most common manifestation of amebic infections

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asymptomatic

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28
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unilateral swelling of the eyelids in chagas disease

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romana’s sign

29
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most common serious condition or complication in chagas disease

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interstitial myocarditis

30
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children swimming in ponds develop progressive headache, fever, nuchal rigidity, nausea, vomiting, and disorientation. most likely causative agent

A

naegleria fowleri

31
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organism implicated in cns infections caused by contaminated contact lens washing solution

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acanthomoeba

32
Q

infective stage of plasmodium transmitted from a bite of an anopheles mosquito

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sporozoites

33
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merozoites are released every 72 hours from lysed rbcs in this particular plasmodium species

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p. malariae

34
Q

coarse stippling found in blood smears in patients with falciparum malaria

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maurer’s clefts or dots

35
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plasmodium species involved when only ring forms and gametocytes are found in the peripheral bloods mear

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falciparum

36
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plasmodium that primarily invades older RBCs

A

p. malaria

37
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form or variant of malaria with predominant gi manifestations like vomiting and bloody diarrhea

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algid malaria

38
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specie implicated in cerebral malaria due to cytoadherence

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falciparum

39
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specie of plasmodium assoc with nephrotic syndrome in children

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p. malariae

40
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term used to describe severe falciparum malaria with rbc hemolysis causing ATN giving bloody dark urine

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black water fever

41
Q 
all forms of malaria can be transmitted via this route except:
transplacental
blood transfusion
needlestick
sexually
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sexually

42
Q

most helminths do not multiply asexually in humans except

A

granulosus

43
Q

only intracellular helminth causing infections in humans

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trichinella inside muscle (nurse cell)

44
Q

parasite implicated in nocturnal perianal pruritus

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enterobius vermicularis

45
Q

method for diagnosis of enterobius vermicularis

A

scotch tape test

46
Q

DOC for pinworm infection

A

pyrantel pamoate

or mebendazole

47
Q

DOC for trichuriasis or whipworm

A

mebendazole

or albendazole

48
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DOC for ascariasis

A

mebendazole

or albendazole

49
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DOC for hookworm infection

A

mebendazole

or albendazole

50
Q 
which can be used as treatment for strongyloides
albendazole
mebendazole
praziquantel
iodoquinol
A

ideally ivermectin

if not in choices, use albendazole

51
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DOC for trichinella

A

albendazole

52
Q

DOC for cestodes infection

A

praziquantel

53
Q

DOC for filariasis

A

diethylcarbamazine DEC

54
Q

DOC for onchocerca

A

ivermectin

55
Q

TOC for dracunculus medenesis

A

physical manual extraction via stick/surgery

56
Q

DOC for fasciola hepatica

A

triclabendazole

bithionol

57
Q

DOC for flukes

A

praziquantel

58
Q

TOC for hydatid disease

A

albendazole/surgical

59
Q

neurocysticercosis is causedb y ingestion of which infective stage for t. solium

A

eggs

60
Q

syndrome from larval migration causing cough, eosinophilia, pulmonary infiltrates

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loeffler’s syndrome

61
Q

intense erythema pruritus after hookworm penetration on the skin

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ground itch

62
Q

parasite capable of producing hyperinfectino, reinfection, autoinfection where females are parthenogenic

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strongyloides

63
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cestode infection associated with B12 deficiency

A

D. latum

64
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infective stage of d. latum to man

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plerocercoids

65
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term to characterize th predominant presence of microlifariae at night in blood of patients

A

nocturnal periodicity

66
Q

second intermediate host of fasciola hepatica

A

water cress

67
Q

2nd intemdiate host of schisosoma

A

none

68
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prodrome symptoms of headache, fever, chills, diarrhea, esoiniphili after

A

katayama fever

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