ID

Question 1

malaria

Answer 1

plasmodium falciparum/ cerebral malaria, DIC/ mild= artemether+lumefantrine, severe= IV artesunate

Question 2

schistosomiasis

Answer 2

schistosoma/ wading in water/ swimmers itch, katayama fever

Question 3

toxoplasmosis

Answer 3

toxoplasma gondii/ raw pork, cat feces/ mono-like, retinochoroiditis/ pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine with leucovorin

Question 4

scabies

Answer 4

scaroptes scabiei

Question 5

pediculosis

Answer 5

pediculus humanus/ rickettsia prowazeki-typhus

Question 6

bedbugs

Answer 6

cimex lectularis

Question 7

ascariasis

Answer 7

ascaris lumbricoides/ roundworm/ loeffler’s syndrome-eosinophilic PNA

Question 8

enterobiasis

Answer 8

enterobius vermicularis/ pinworms/ mate in terminal ileocecal valve

Question 9

necatoriasus

Answer 9

necator americanus/ hookworm/ microcytic anemia/ dermal exposure

Question 10

pork tapeworm/ cysticercosis

Answer 10

taenia solium/ have hooks/ mexican immigrants/ seizures

Question 11

beef tapeworm

Answer 11

taenia saginata

Question 12

trichinellosis

Answer 12

trichinella spiralis/ undercooked pork/ intestines - muscles myocarditis

Question 13

rocky mountain spotted fever

Answer 13

rickettsia ricketsii/ centripetal rash

Question 14

lyme disease

Answer 14

borrelia burgdorferi/ erythema migrans

Question 15

tularemia

Answer 15

francisella tularensis/ ulceroglandular, oculoglandular/ preauricular LAD

Question 16

relapsing fever

Answer 16

borrelia/ end episode crisis/ neuropathies

Question 17

dengue fever

Answer 17

tourniquet test

Question 18

ebola

Answer 18

fruit bats

Question 19

western equine encephalitis

Answer 19

west of the mississippi/ similar to west nile

Question 20

japanese encephalitis

Answer 20

vaccination available

Question 21

eastern equine encephalitis

Answer 21

most severe mosquito illness in US

Question 22

hantavirus

Answer 22

sin nombre virus/ rodent feces, urine, saliva/ four corners

Question 23

plague

Answer 23

yersinia pestis/ black death

Question 24

cat scratch disease

Answer 24

bartonella henselae/ linear papules/ granulomatous conjunctivitis, bacillary angiomatosis/ azithro

Question 25

pastuerella multocida

Answer 25

normal flora in dogs and cats/ cellulitis, osteomyelitis/ augmentin

Question 26

chagas

Answer 26

trypanosoma cruzi/ romana sign/ benznidazole, nifurtimox

Question 27

psittacosis

Answer 27

chlamydia psittaci/ parrots/ atypical PNA- hepatits, DIC

Question 28

brucellosis

Answer 28

milk, cheese/ constitutional Sxs, localized infections anywhere

Question 29

HIV

Answer 29

emtricitabine, raltegravir, tenofovir prophylaxis

Question 30

aspergillosis

Answer 30

aspergillus fumigatus/ halo sign/ immunosuppressed

Question 31

blastomycosis

Answer 31

blastomyces dermatitidis/ southcentral and midwest US

Question 32

coccidioidomycosis

Answer 32

coccidioides immitis/ desert regions, AZ and CA/ erythema nodosum

Question 33

cryptococcosis

Answer 33

cryptococcus neoformans/gatti / pigeon poop, immunosuppressed/ CNS

Question 34

histoplasmosis

Answer 34

histoplasma capsulatum/ ohio and mississippi river valleys, bird or bat guano, spelunking/ hepatosplenomegaly, ocular

Question 35

mucormycosis

Answer 35

rhinocerebral, necrotizing fasciitis/ reverse halo sign

Question 36

sporotrichosis

Answer 36

sporothrix schenkii/ rose thorns, cat scratch/ ulcerating nodules