Micro Flashcards
Returning traveller
Wattery stools, Abdo cramps, nausea
E. Coli
profuse watery diarrhoea
sev dehydration -> weight loss
Cholera
Food poisoning after chinese/rice dinner
Baccilus cereus
foul smelling non-bloody diarrhoea and cramping shortly (<72hrs) after eating chicken/BBQ)
campylobacter
bloody diarhoea
Vom + abdo pain
<72hr after eating chicken
shigella
prolonged non bloody diarrhoea - >72hrs after eating undercooked food
giardiasis
Nurse develops diarrhoea - patients on ward have been ill recently with similar sympto
Norovirus
outbreak of diarrhoea on cruise ship
norovirus
profuse watery diarrhoea after antibiotics
c.diff
gradual onset bloody diarrhoea with abdo pain and tenderness
lasts several weeks
amoebiasis
Tx of choice for Listeria meningitis
Amox/ampicillin + gentamicin
Tx for mild CAP caused by H influenza B
Amox
IV Abx for strep throat (group A strep pharyngitis)
IV benzylpenicillin
+ IV metronidazole if severe
IV Abx for cellulitis with MRSA
Vancomycin
Abx for cellulitis with MSSA
Fluclox
Tx for 3mo or younger with suspected bac meningitis
IV cefotaxime +amox/ampicillin
Tx for 3mo or older with suspected meningitis
IV ceftriaxone
Tx for meningococcal meningitis (neisseria Men)
IV benzylpenicillin
OR ceftriaxone if in hospital
Tx for pneumococcal meningitis
IV Ceftriaxone
Stiff neck, acting strangely,
Lumbar CSF = high lympho, raised prot, normal glucose
Viral meningitis
Herpes -> herpes encephalitis
Gram -ve diplococci causing meningitis in younger
Neisseria meningitis
middle aged smoker
G +ve diplococci causing meningitis
strep pneumonia
G -ve rod causing sepsis in neonate
E coli
G +ve rod causing meningitis in older
Listeria monocytogenes
what transmits malaria
female anopheles mosquitos