ID buzzwords Flashcards
Most common travel related causes of febrile illness?
Malaria, enteric feveres (typhoid, shigella), hepatitis, amebic liver disease (giardia)
Gram + cocci in pairs and chains
streptococcus species
Invasive bloodstream infections should raise suspicion for GI…
malignancy - cancer breaks down barriers and allows enterococci out into the blood
Pain out of proportion to PE findings
necrotizing faciitis
Toxic shock syndrome presentation
3 organ systems + fever, rash (macular erythrodermic), HOTN, GI distress, renal failure, hepatic failure, myopathy, TCP
Profuse “rice water” diarrhea
cholera
Pea soup diarrhea with pink papular rash on trunk and bradycardia
typhoid
MC manifestation of salmonellosis
gastroenteritis
Contact with reptiles
salmonellosis
disentery, hematochezia, HLA-B27 reactive arthritis
shigellosis
Grey tenacious membrane over tonsils and pharynx
Diphtheria
N. gonorrhea requires what agar to grow on culture
Thayer-Martin or chocolate agar
College freshman living in dorms
N. meningiditis
Lone star tick
ehrlichiosis
Where is ehrlichiosis endemic to?
mid-atlantic, southeastern, central state (may co-exist with Lyme disease)
What is seen on blood smear of ehrlichiosis?
Morula
Pasturella think
cat bites
Eikinella think
human bites
Bartonella henselae think
cat scratch disease in kids
Bartonella quintana think
pediculosus, rare cause of IE
What is bacillary angiomatosis?
form of vascular bartonella in AIDs pts
MC candidal infection
c. albicans
azole resistant candida
C. galbrata
Azole sensitive, concerns with Miacfungin candida
a. parapsolosis
Main RF associated with invasive and drug resistant infections
immunosuppression (also renal disease, liver failure, neutropenia)
Pink papules/vesicles with satellite lesions
candidal dermatitis
Mortality rate of fungemia
40%
mold in ______, yeast in ______
cold, warmth
Dx of histoplasmosis
urine antigen
CD4 cells <50 can cause…
cryptococcal meningitis
Diagnosis of cryptococcal infection
india ink stain (antigen testing)
Severe dyspnea, nonproductive cough, low O2 sats, diffuse interstitial infiltrates on CXR
PJP
MC infection of advanced HIV (CD4 <200)
PJP
diagnosis of PJP
Silver stain (Ab testing)
Gardeners and rose handlers disease
sporothrix
Spreading papular and nodular lesions that ulcerate along lymphatic lines
sporothrix
RF for atypical mycobacterial disease
chronic lung disease, AIDS
2sp in mycobacterium avian complex
avium, intracellulare
Responsible for most severe cases of Malaria
P. falciparum
Mode of transmission of malaria
female anopheles mosquito
Demographics of malaria
Africa
Shaking chills followed by fever paroxysms (hot stage)
parasitemia
Jaundice from hemolysis is a symptom of…
malaria
how do you diagnose malaria
blood smears with giemsa stain
Amebiasis found in soil and water
Entamoeba histolytica