Week 4 bb revision Flashcards
‘Ring-enhancing’ lesion on MRI
Cerebral abscess
Tuberculoma
Toxoplasmosis
Forgetfulness
Ataxia
Spasms of muscles
EEG with periodic sharp waves
Prion disease CJD
General term for inflammation of brain and spinal cord
Encephalomyelitis
UTI treatment in early pregnancy
Nitrofurantoin
Organism causing functional/anatomical abnormalities of renal tract
(also cavitating lung lesions)
Klebsiella
Broad spectrum penicillin traditionally used in the treatment of UTIs.
Ampicillin
Most common cause of UTI in catheterised men
E. Coli
After E. coli this organism is the most common cause of uncomplicated UTI in women
Staph saprophyticus
Children
Haemorrhagic cystitis
Adenovirus
Treatment for pseudomonal infections in cystic fibrosis
Ceftazidime
Given IM as a single shot for gonococcal urethritis
Ceftriaxone
Dysuria
Frequency
No bacteriuria or any other cause found
Urethral syndrome
Painless frank haematuria
Bladder cancer
CF patient
wheeze and SOB
gram-negative bacteria
Burkholderia cepacia
MacConkey agar used to identify
Gram negative enteric bacteria and whether they ferment lactose
Aesuclin positive
Enterococci
Listeria Group D strep
American trypanosomiasis aka …
Chagas disease
Unilateral painless periorbital oedema and conjunctivits with ipsilateral regional lymphadenopathy
Romana’s sign seen in Chagas disease (where T. cruzi enters through the conjunctiva)
Offensive burps
stool with trophozoites/cysts
Giardia lamblia - giardiasis
Amastigote
Leishmania
Schistosoma associated with squamous cell cancer of the bladder
haematobium