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Mollaret’s meningitis

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Recurrent aseptic meningitis with HSV-1 or HSV-2

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India ink

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Swimming + bloody diarrhoea + anaemia + thrombocytopaenia

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Traveller’s diarrhoea: Enterobacteriaecae = EHEC

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Chlamydia trachomatis L1, L2, L3 serovars

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Argyll Robertson pupils

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Treponema pallidum: tertiary syphilis

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Firm painless chancre

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Primary syphilis: treponema pallidum

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Diarrhoea + shock + BBQ + superantigen

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Staphylococcus aureus: exotoxin TSST-1

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Painful penile ulcer + culture on chocolate agar

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Haemophilus ducreyi (Gram negative coccobacillus)

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meningism + microscopic agglutination test

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Leptospira interrogans

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Clue cells + fishy discharge

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Bacterial vaginosis

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Uncomplicated UTI

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Trimethoprim

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Pneumocystis jiroveci treatment

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Co-trimoxazole

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MRSA drug of choice

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Vancomycin

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Gomori’s methenamine stain

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Penumocystis jirovecii

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Watery diarrhoea + rods with fast movements

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Vibrio Cholerae

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Zidovudine

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NRTI

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Efavirenz

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NNRTI

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Treatment of Hep B

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Interferon-alpha + Lamuvidine

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Peg-interferon alpha

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Treatment of Hep C

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Viral neuraminidase inhibitor

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Oseltamivir

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Prophylaxis for CMV in BMT patients

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Gancyclovir

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India ink reveals yeast with halo

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Hyperpigmentation (pale skin) + ‘spaghetti with meatballs’

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Pityriasis versicolor

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SOB + spherical opacity on CXR

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Aspergillus flavus

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Rose gardener's disease
Sporothrix schenckii
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Diagnosis on Castaneda medium
Brucella species
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Flu-like symptoms + diarrhoea + microscopic agglutination test
Leptospira interrogans
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Rickettsiae
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Cytoplasmic inclusions on Giemsa/fluorescent staining of sputum or biopsy
Psittacosis
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3 week baby with meninigitis + Gram negative rods
Listeria monocytogenes
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Koplik spots
Measles
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Complication of measles
Subacute pan-sclerosing encephalitis
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4 month old unvaccinated baby with meningitis + Gram negative rod on CSF
Haemophilus inluenzae
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Tumbling motlity
Listeria monocytogenes
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Pear-shaped organisms on stool microscopy
Giardia
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Lowenstein-Jensen medium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Alcholic + high fever + blood-stained sputum
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Drug acted upon by viral thymidine kinase
Acyclovir
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Pink MacConkey agar
Lactose fermenting organsims
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Novy-MacNeal-Nicolle medium
Leishmania major
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Flu-like illness + rash with central fading
Borrelia burgdorferi
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Kala-azar
Visceral leishmaniasis
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Most common cause of septic arthrtisi in young, sexually active adults
Neisseria gonorrhoea
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treatment of septic arthritis with N. gonorrhoea
IV cefotaxime 4-6 weeks
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Treatment of C. diff.
Oral metronidazole 14 days
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Gold standard for detection of C. diff
Detection of C. diff toxin in stool sample
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Indications for oral vancomycin use in C. diff
3rd or subsequent episodes, severe infection, infection not responding to metronidazole, patients who can't tolerate metronidazole
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Sudden decline in cognitive function + myoclonic jerks + negative Ix
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Aim of LP in CJD
Analyse CSF for 14-3-3- protein
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Definition of SBP
Form of peritonitis in the absence of a contiguous source of infection
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Most common organisms in SBP
E. coli, Gram-positive cocci and enterococci
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Antibiotic of choice in SBP
Cefotaxime IV
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Most important facotr influencing chance of clearing Hep C
virus genotype
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Best diagnostic test for Hep C
Hep C RNA PCR
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Location & features of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense
West and Central Africa, >95% of cases, chronic infection - g for gradual infection
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Location & features of Trypanosoma brucei rhodiense
South and East Africa, <5% of cases, R for rapid infection
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Chagas disease
Trypanosoma cruzi transmitted by reduviid bugs
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Romana's sign
Purplish swelling of eyelids
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Long history of undulating fevers + arthralgia + myalgia + weight loss + fatigue + lymphadenopathy + sacroiliitis + depression + Hx of being on a farm
Brucellosis
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Current guidelines in Uk for treatment of pulmonary TB
Isoniazid and rifampicin for 6 months + pyrazinamide + ethambutol for first 2 months
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Brown granular colonies on Lowenstein-Jensen medium
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Two anti-tuberculous drugs to avoid in patients with renal impairment
Streptomycin + Ethambutol
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Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy
Gullain-Barre
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Most common trigger of Guillain-Barre-syndrome
Campylobacter jejuni
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Fever in 3-4 day intervals
Plasmodium malariae
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Malaria form that infects erythrocytes
Merozoite
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Uncomplicated falciparum malaria treatment
Admit + oral quinine and doxycycline
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Maurer's cleft under microscope
Disc-like granulations at edge of cell using EM in Plasmodium falciparum infection
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Most common cause of acute infective endocarditis
Staphylococcus aureus

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