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1
Q

Returning traveller

Wattery stools, Abdo cramps, nausea

A

E. Coli

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2
Q

profuse watery diarrhoea

sev dehydration -> weight loss

A

Cholera

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3
Q

Food poisoning after chinese/rice dinner

A

Baccilus cereus

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4
Q

foul smelling non-bloody diarrhoea and cramping shortly (<72hrs) after eating chicken/BBQ)

A

campylobacter

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5
Q

bloody diarhoea
Vom + abdo pain
<72hr after eating chicken

A

shigella

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6
Q

prolonged non bloody diarrhoea - >72hrs after eating undercooked food

A

giardiasis

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7
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Nurse develops diarrhoea - patients on ward have been ill recently with similar sympto

A

Norovirus

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8
Q

outbreak of diarrhoea on cruise ship

A

norovirus

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9
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profuse watery diarrhoea after antibiotics

A

c.diff

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10
Q

gradual onset bloody diarrhoea with abdo pain and tenderness

lasts several weeks

A

amoebiasis

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11
Q

Tx of choice for Listeria meningitis

A

Amox/ampicillin + gentamicin

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12
Q

Tx for mild CAP caused by H influenza B

A

Amox

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13
Q

IV Abx for strep throat (group A strep pharyngitis)

A

IV benzylpenicillin

+ IV metronidazole if severe

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14
Q

IV Abx for cellulitis with MRSA

A

Vancomycin

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15
Q

Abx for cellulitis with MSSA

A

Fluclox

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16
Q

Tx for 3mo or younger with suspected bac meningitis

A

IV cefotaxime +amox/ampicillin

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17
Q

Tx for 3mo or older with suspected meningitis

A

IV ceftriaxone

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18
Q

Tx for meningococcal meningitis (neisseria Men)

A

IV benzylpenicillin

OR ceftriaxone if in hospital

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19
Q

Tx for pneumococcal meningitis

A

IV Ceftriaxone

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20
Q

Stiff neck, acting strangely,

Lumbar CSF = high lympho, raised prot, normal glucose

A

Viral meningitis

Herpes -> herpes encephalitis

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21
Q

Gram -ve diplococci causing meningitis in younger

A

Neisseria meningitis

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22
Q

middle aged smoker

G +ve diplococci causing meningitis

A

strep pneumonia

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23
Q

G -ve rod causing sepsis in neonate

A

E coli

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24
Q

G +ve rod causing meningitis in older

A

Listeria monocytogenes

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25
Q

what transmits malaria

A

female anopheles mosquitos

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26
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what transmits leischmaniasis

27
Q

what transmits trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

A

tsetse fly

28
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what transmits yellow fever

29
Q

Tx for MRSA

A

Vancomycin

30
Q

most common cause of hospital acq pneumonia

31
Q

most common cause of comm acq pneumonia

A

Strep. pneumonia

32
Q

post common cause of PUO in returning traveler

33
Q

infectious cause of sepsis in newborns

A

Group B strep

34
Q

inf org that causes meningitis in >3mo new born

A

neisseria men

35
Q

Tx for non falciparum malaria

A

chloroquine

primaquine

36
Q

tx for mild and severe falciparum malaria

A 
mild = quinine OR co-artum OR malorone
Severe = IV attensuate OR IV quinine
37
Q

22 with cough and rust coloured sputum

A

strep pneu

38
Q

40yr old, returned from abroad with dry cough malaise and hyponat

A

legionella pneu

39
Q

60 yr old alcoholic, upper lobe caveating pneumonia

A

klebsiella pneumonia

40
Q

15 yr old, dry cough, myalgia, fever, headache, CXR normal, kids at school had similar sympto

A

mycoplasma pneumonia

41
Q

22 yr old - neutropenia post chemo, ongoing fever unresponsive to antibiotics/antivirals, interstitial CT changes, CXR = halo sign

A

aspergillus fumigatus

42
Q

70 yr old admitted for UTI and confusion, develops pneumonia in hospital

43
Q

pneumonia with cough and haemoptysis, G -ve cocci

A

haemophillus influenza

44
Q

21 yr old foreign, fever with cough and weight loss, CXR = RUZ shadowing

A

mycobacterium TB

45
Q

IVDU - desaturates on exercise, pneumonia

A

pneomocytis jirovecii

46
Q

Tx for listeria men

47
Q

Tx for mild CAP

48
Q

Tx for severe HAP

49
Q

Abx of choice for young woman with cystitis caused by E coli

A

trimephoprim

50
Q

Tx for cellulitis with MRSA

A

Vancomycin

51
Q

Tx for cellulitis with MSSA

52
Q

Tx for strep pharyngitis

A

penicillin V

53
Q

meningitis in HIV + pt

A

Crytococcus neoformans

54
Q

inc in opening pressure on lumbar puncture

india ink stain + ve

A

cryptococcus neoformans

55
Q

meningitis in old, G+ve bacilli

A

L monocytogenes

56
Q

meningitis in man with G+ diplo

A

Strep pneu

57
Q

meningitis in neonate - LP = G- rods

58
Q

meningitis in young guy, g- diplo

A

n meningitis

59
Q

Tx for mild pseudomembranous colitis

A

metronidazole

60
Q

Tx for sever pseudomambranous colitis

A

Vancomycin

61
Q

pneumonia in poorly controlled diabetics + alcoholics

A

klebsiella

62
Q

fever in returning traveller, cough, malaise, comstipation, G -ve rod, rose spots

63
Q

G +ve cocci arranged in clusters

64
Q

returning traveller, raised, scaly erythematous lesion,

cultured on Novy-Macneal-Nicolle medium

A

leishmania major

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