Infection Flashcards
What would you see on fundoscopy in CMV retinitis?
Granular White dots with retinal haemorrhage
What is immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome?
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome is a condition seen in some cases of AIDS or immunosuppression, in which the immune system begins to recover, but then responds to a previously acquired opportunistic infection with an overwhelming inflammatory response that paradoxically makes the symptoms of infection worse
Two intra-cranial infections seen in HIV?
Cryptococcal meningitis
Cerebral Toxoplasmosis.
What are the symptoms of oral hairy leukoplakia?
Corrugated whitish hairy patches on the side of the tongue which cannot be scraped off. Pathognomonic of immunosuppression.
What kind of drugs are zidovudine, lamivudine and Emtricitabine?
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
What kind of drug is tenofovir?
NucloeTide Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor
What kind of drugs are Efavirenz, Nevirapine and Rilpivirine?
Non-nucleoside Transcriptase inhibitors
What kind of drug is Raltegravir?
Integrate Inhibitor
What kind of drugs are Ritonivir and Lopinavir?
Protease Inhibitors
Name some fixed dose combinations of HAART
Atripla (efavirenz, emtricitabine and tenofovir)
Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir)
Generally, what is the first line PO antifugal yiu give for bad Candida infections?
Fluconazole
Where does VZV establish latency in the human body?
Sensorineural ganglia
How long do the fever cycles last in Malaria?
3 days in falciparum, vivax and Ovale.
4 days in malariae.
All the time in Knowlesi
Which condition is endarteritis obliterate pathognomonic of?
Syphillis
