Path Buzzwords 5

Question 1

Aedes mosquito

Answer 1

Dengue virus -> Dengue fever

Question 2

Sandfly

Answer 2

Leishmania parasite -> Leishmaniasis

Question 3

Anopheles mosquito

Answer 3

Plasmodium -> Malaria

Question 4

Reduviid bugs

Answer 4

Trypanosoma cruzi -> Chagas disease

Question 5

Tsetse fly

Answer 5

Trypanosoma brucei -> Sleeping sickness

Question 6

Ixodes tick

Answer 6

Borrelia burgdorferi -> Lyme disease

Question 7

Mauer’s cleft

Answer 7

Plasmodium falciparum

Question 8

Artichoke appearance on histology

Answer 8

Phyllodes tumour

Question 9

Non-smoker with lung cancer

Answer 9

Adenocarcinoma

Question 10

Smoker with lung cancer

Answer 10

Squamous cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma

Question 11

White cell casts

Answer 11

Acute pyelonephritis

Question 12

Red cell casts

Answer 12

Glomerulonephritis

Question 13

Sterile pyuria

Answer 13

TB

Question 14

Pink/purple heliotrope rash

Answer 14

Dermatomyositis

Question 15

Tetanus management

Answer 15

IM tetanus immunoglobulin

Question 16

Gonorrhoea management

Answer 16

500mg IM ceftriaxone stat + single dose 1g PO azithromycin stat (same in pregnancy and breast feeding)

Question 17

Chlamydia management

Answer 17

100mg doxycycline bd for 7 days/single dose of 1g azithromycin

Question 18

Bacterial vaginosis management

Answer 18

400mg PO metronidazole bd for 5-7 days (same course but PV for pregnancy and breast feeding)

Question 19

Syphilis management

Answer 19

IM Benzylpenicillin
Pregnancy
- 1st/2nd trimester - same
- 3rd trimester - two doses of benzylpenicillin that are 1 week apart

Question 20

Return from abroad + maculopapular rash + flu-like illness

Answer 20

HIV seroconversion