Path PPQs Flashcards
flucloxacillin resistance in S. aureus
c. Alteration of the target
mechanism is ESBL E.coli resistant to ceftriaxone
b. Enzymatic inactivation of antibiotic
patient has grown a fully susceptible E.coli in their urine. Which of the following is the narrowest spectrum agent you should de-escalate to
a. Amoxicillin
Most common HAI
HA pneumonia
c.diff
Gram pos spore-forming anaerobe
What are fungi
a. Eukaryotic organisms with chitinous cell walls and ergosterol containing plasma membranes
commonest cause of fungal infections in humans
c. Candida spp
cryptococcus associated with which animal
pigeons
stain used for cryptococcus
india
antigungals targeting cell membrane not work in PCP why?
PCP lacks ergosterol in cell wall
Live vaccine should be deferred if?
a. Patient has received immunoglobulin in past 3 months If given antibodies already, they may not produce an immune response, so there is no point
b. Patient is receiving systemic high dose steroids They would be immunosuppressed
Percentage of world’s popultion infected w TB
33%
acid-fast bacilli found in clinical sample - what to do next?
start TB therapy
lifetime risk of reveloping TB if in contact with smear positive pul TB if HIV neg
10%
yearly risk of reveloping TB if in contact with smear positive pul TB if HIV pos
10 per year
Most common meningeal disease in UK
men B
Most common cause of death worldwide under 5 yrs
prematurity and pneumonia
What on microsopy suggests poor sample
squamous epithelial cells
dipstick paramemter that is a produuct of nitrate reductase and suggestive of UTI
nitrate
What type of immunouppression has greatest relative risk of developing viral infection:
a. Steroids
b. Solid organ transplant
c. Allogeneic stem cell transplant
d. Monoclonal antibody therapies
e. Cytotoxic chemotherapy
Allogenic stem cell transplant
Mouth ulcers post HSCT
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) - very common after transplant
How long do u need to have Sx for gastroenteritis definition
> 1wk of symptoms
Extraintestinal manifestation associated with salmonella infection
Aortitis
Virus associted wtih outbreaks
Norovirus
What si the thoracic duct
c. Carries lymphocytes from lymph nodes back to blood circulation
thymus?
d. Site of deletion of T cells with inappropriately high or low affinity for HLA molecules and of maturation of T cells into CD4+ or CD8+ cells
germinal centre?
a. Area within secondary lymphoid tissue where B cells proliferate and undergo affinity maturation and isotope switching
Which of the following medications can cause antibody deficiency?
a. Metformin
b. Losartan
c. Prednisolone
d. Alendronic acid
e. Rituximab
RITUXIMAB
a. Metformin
b. Losartan
c. Prednisolone -> Could be, but antibody deficiency usually seen at higher dose (>10mg). Also usually only causes a selective antibody deficiency (IgG). It usually spares IgM and IgA.
d. Alendronic acid
e. Rituximab -> Targets B cells
7) Which of the following conditions are most likely to present in patients with CD4 T cell counts of >350?
a. Shingles, pulmonary TB, pneumococcal pneumonia
b. Hairy leukoplakia
c. PCP, Cryptococcus, toxoplasmosis
d. MAC disease
a. Shingles, pulmonary TB, pneumococcal pneumonia
Infection wiht atypical mycobacterium. normal FBC - diagnosis?
IFN gamma R deficiency
Meningococcus meningitis with sibling dying of same condition at same age?
C7 deficiency
17) Severe recurrent infections from 3 months,CD4 and CD8 T cells absent, B cell present, Igs low. Normal facial features and cardiac echocardiogram. What is the diagnosis?
X-linked SCID
22) Recurrent bacterial infections in a child, episode of pneumocystis pneumonia, high IgM, absent IgA and IgG. What is the diagnosis?
X-linked hyper-IgM
CD40 ligand mutation
HyperIgM syndrome
what proportion of the world has kidney disease
11%
5 year survival % for end stage kidney failure on dialysis
35%
28) A potential donor is described as being 1:1:0 MM. What does this mean?
c. 1 MM A locus, 1 MM B locus, 0 MM DR locus
29) The main effector cells in T-cell mediated rejection are
b. T cells and monocytes / macrophages
30) A patient has an episode of acute T cell-mediated rejection 2 months post transplantation. What additional drug would most commonly be administered?
Corticosteroids 3 pulses of methyl-prednisolone given 3 days in a row, followed by an oral steroid taper
What cell is njuryed in the effector phase of antibody-mmediated rejection
endothelial cells
If there is 50% match of HLA from donor and recipient, what does that mean?
Parent and son/
39) Which of the following is an example of Gel and Coombs type III hypersensitivity
a. Goodpasture disease
b. Eczema
c. SLE
d. Multiple sclerosis
e. Graves disease
SLE
45) Which of the following vaccines should NOT be given to an immunosuppressed individual?
a. BCG - bacilli Calmette-Guerin
b. Diphtheria toxoid
c. Quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine
d. Polio (Salk – injected)
e. Pfizer Covid mRNA vaccine
a. BCG - bacilli Calmette-Guerin
46) A 23 year old has metastatic melanoma. Reduce disease progression with what?
Nivolocumab - anti-PD-1