SALMONELLOSIS Flashcards
1
Q
Mode of infection in typhoid
A
Food
Feces
Flies
Foments
Fingers
2
Q
Pathology of typhoid
A
Invasion of intestinal mucosa
→
First mesentric lymph gland
→
Blood
→
Res
3
Q
First week in Typh.
A
- Temp rise by steps
- frontal headache
- pulse: slow
- 👅: dry coated
- spleen ↑
- rose red Papules
4
Q
Typhoid I 3 week
A
Improve or complications
5
Q
Typhoid l 4 W
A
Convalescence or relapses
6
Q
Complication of typhoid [morbid)
A
Mental confusion
Otitis
Relapses
Bed sores
Infection
Deafness
Dehydration of Ms
Degeneration of Ms
7
Q
Most serious complication of typhoid
A
Intestinal perforation during 3rd w
8
Q
Best confirmation test in typhoid
A
Bone marrow aspirate culture
9
Q
Widal test in typhoid
A
Unreliable
10
Q
Confirmed case of typhoid
A
Fever > 3 days + lab-confirmed s.typhi
11
Q
Ddx of typhoid
A
PUO
Fever with splenomegaly
12
Q
Recent lines TTT of typhoid
A
Quinolone
Cephalosporins
