ID Flashcards
(28 cards)
Fluctuating temperatures, transient arthralgia and myalgia, hyperhidrosis with a ‘wet hay’ smell suggests…
Brucellosis
What is the treatment for schistosomiasis?
praziquantel
Retro-orbital headache, fever, facial flushing, rash, thrombocytopenia in returning traveller suggests…
Dengue fever
Dysentry after long incubation period suggests…
Amoebiasis
Pneumonia, peripheral blood smear showing red blood cell agglutination suggests…
Mycoplasma
What is the recommended Tx for listeria meningitis?
IV Amox and Gent
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is caused by…
John Cunningham (JC) virus
What is the most common causative organism of pneumonia in bronchiectasis?
H influenzae
Black eschar with oedema suggests…
Anthrax
Which virus causes Kaposi’s sarcoma?
HHV-8
Which antibiotic promotes the development of MRSA?
Ciprofloxacin
Action of which neurotransmitter is blocked by tenatus?
GABA
What is the MOA of Terbinafine?
inhibits the fungal enzyme squalene epoxidase
Which test can be used to test for re-infection with treponema pallidum?
Rapid plasma reagin
What is the treatment for African trypanosomiasis?
Pentamidine
What is the most common cause of severe viral hepatitis in pregnancy?
Hep E
What is the MOA of aciclovir?
Inhibits DNA polymerase
Which anti-retro viral medication is associated with nephrolithiasis?
Indinavirh
What is the causative organism for rocky mountain spotted fever?
Rickettsia ricketsii
Gram positive cocci are either…
Strep or stap
Gram positive cocci in chains, haemolysis negative suggests…
Enterococcus
Give examples of alpha-haemolytic strep
S pneumoniae
S viridans
Give examples of beta-haemolytic strep
S pyogenes (Group A)
S agalactaie (Group B)
Give examples of gram positive rods.
Clostridium
Diptheria
Listeria
