Infectious Flashcards
(193 cards)
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Features of malabsorption
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Diarrhea
Steatorrhea
Weight loss
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Hib involved in
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Acute epiglottitis
Acute exacerbation of COPD
Pneumonia
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Diff between amoebesis and giardasis
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A: long incubation period with bloody diarrhea
G: long incubation period with non bloody diarrhea and malabsorption features
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Treatment of amoebesis and giardasis
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Metronidazole or tinidazole for 7 days
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Investigation for amoebesis
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Stool microscopy (hot stool)
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Investigation for amebic liver abcess
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ultrasound (gold standard)
serology is positive in > 95%
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Anchovy sauce
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amebic liver abcess
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Organism common for dog bite
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Pasteurella multocida.
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painless black aschar
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Anthrax
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Organism involved in acute epiglottitis
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Hib
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Bacillus anthracis is gram ____
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gram positive rod
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Woolsorters disease
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Anthrax
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tripartite protein toxin
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bacillus anthracis
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Cell wall synthesis inhibition
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penicillin and cephalosporin
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DNA synthesis inhibitor
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Quinolones
Metronidazole
Sulphonamide
trimethoprim
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RNa synthesis inhibitor
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rifampicin
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cardiac adverse effect of macrolide
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prolongation of QT interval
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Antiviral CI in asthmatics
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Zanamivir (cause it caues bronchospasm)
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first line in influenza (antiviral)
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Oseltamivir
Alternate: Genamivir
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Treatment for acute prostitis
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Quinoles (ciprofloxacilin) first line
Trimethoprim
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Treatment for impetigo
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Topical fuscidic acid
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Treatment for cellulitis and eryspelias
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Flucloxacillin
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Cellulitis near eye
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co amoxiclav
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when co amoxiclav cant be given
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doxy + metro in case of human bite
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Salmonella and shigellosis
Ciprofloxacilin
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1st line for lower UTI
Nitrofurantoin
if eGFR < 45ml : pipmysellenium
2nd line: fosfomycin
and when eGFR <15ml/min : only fosfomycin
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Treatment for chlamydia
Doxycyclin
And if pregnant: Azithromycin
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Syphilis treatment
long acting benzthine penicillin
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Bacterial vaginosis treatment
oral or topical metronidazole
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SIDE EFFECT OF CHLORAMPHENICOL
APLSTIC ANEMIA
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Side effect of clindamycin
c.defficile diarrhea
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Side effect of tetracyclin
discolouration of teeth and photosensitivity
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Antiviral containdicated in asthmatics
Genamivir
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xray showing fungal ball cavity with crescent sign
Aspergilloma
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treatment for aspergilloma
Oral steroids
2nd line: oral antifungal
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Gardenella vaginalis is gram ____
gram positive coccobacilli
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Microscopy showing clue cells
bacterial vaginosis
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positive whiff test
Bacterial vaginosis
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CI for BCG vaccine
previous BCG vaccination
a past history of tuberculosis
HIV
pregnancy
positive tuberculin test (Heaf or Mantoux)
Any immunosuppressive condition
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patient usually fully conscious with no sensory disturbance
flaccid paralysis
diplopia
ataxia
bulbar palsy
Botulism
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Unpasturized milk
brucellosis
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Treatment for c.jejuni
clarithomycin
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C.jejuni is gram ____
gram negative bacillus
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Organism involved in chancroid
h.ducreye
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Treatment for chancroid
Doxycyclin
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Complication of chicken pox
Necrotizing fascitis
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Chickenpox spreads via which route
respiratory
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Initially macular then papular then vesicular (MPV)
CHICKEN POC RASH
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Koplik spots is pathognomic of
Measles
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most common complication of mumps
male : orchitis
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hand foot mouth disease
coxsackie A16 virus
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investigation of choice for chlamydia
NAAT
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Red inclusion bodies on pap smear
Chlamydia
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Virus responsible for croup
parainfluenza virus
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barking cough with stridor
croup
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cholera is gram ____
negative
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Red cysts on acid fast stain
cryptosporidum
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Treatment for cryptosporidium
Nitazoxanide (first line)
Rifaximin (second line)
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Diarrhea in immunocompromised patients
Cryptosporidiasis
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Treatment for cutaneous larva migrans
topical albendazole or ivermectin
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CMV with organ involvement
IV ganciclovir
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CMV with no serious infection or no organ involvement
oral valganciclovir
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pizza retina on fundoscopy
CMV retinitis
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ANy biopsy of CMV shows
inclusion bodies
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Discharge criteria for dengue patient
stable hematocrit count
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maculopapular rash sparing palms and soles
fever
retro orbital pain
Myalgias, bone pain, arthralgia
facial flushing
Dengue
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Labs for dengue
Thrombocytopenia +/- Leukopenia
raised aminotransferases
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warning signs for dengue
abdominal pain
hepatomegaly
persistent vomiting
clinical fluid accumulation (ascites, pleural effusion)
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Cardiac complication of diphtheria
Heart block
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Neurological compliaction of diphtheria
cranial nerve palsy
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treatment for diphtheria
I/M penicillin
Diphtheria antitoxin
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single stranded DNA virus
Parvovirus
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Parvo virus results in what anemia
Aplastic anemia
pancytopenia in addition to sickle cell anemia
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cancer caused by HPC
Cervical cancer
Anal cancer
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Treatment for non salmonella typhi gastroenteritis
ciprofloxacin
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most common organism for acute osteomyelitis
s.aureus
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chronic osteomyelitis
organism of TB
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rose spots:
present on the trunk in 40% of patients, and are more common in paratyphoid
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most common cause of adult viral meningitis
enterovirus
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Enterovirus is single stranded positive RNA virus (True or False)
True
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Scarlet fever
streptococcus pyogenes
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Ecoli asssociated with HUS
O157:H7
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Exotoxins produced by
gram positive bacteria
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Endotoxins produced by
gram negative bacteria
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Gas gangrene
Clostridium perfringes
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Scalded skin syndrome
S.aureus
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Whooping cough
Bortadella pertussis
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Bloody diarrhea + renal impairment
Campylobacter
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Most common cause of gastroenteritis in adults
norovirus
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Acute infection of hep C diagnosed by
HCV RNA
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Treatment for cytomegalovirus retinitis
IV genicicilovir
Alternate: IV foscarnet or cidofovir
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is the most common infective cause of diarrhoea in HIV patients
Cryptosporidium
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HIV+diarrhea+CD4 count is less than 50. organism involved is
Mycobacterium avium intracellulare
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Vaccines contraindicated in HIV patients
live vaccines
Cholera CVD103-HgR
Influenza-intranasal
Poliomyelitis-oral (OPV)
Tuberculosis (BCG)
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Dermatological condition commonly seen in HIV patients
Kaposi sarcoma
Treatment : radiotherapy and resection
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Toxoplasmosis treatment in immunocompromised
Combination of pyrimethamine and sulfadiazine
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Which plasmodium associated with nephrotic sydrome
P.malariae
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initial empirical therapy, for bacterial meningitis
IV ceftriaxone
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Meningitis caused by listeria
IV amoxicillin and gentamicin
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Meningococcal meningitis treatment
IV benzylpenicillin
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MRI findings of toxoplasmosis gondii
discrete ring-enhancing lesions
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soap bubble appearance on MRI in immunocompromised
Cryptococcus neoformans
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First line for tonsillitis
Phenoxymethylpenicillin
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Swimmers itch
Schistosomiasis
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Katyama fever
Acute symptoms typically only develop in people who travel to endemic areas, as they don't have any immunity to the worms.
Acute manifestations may include:
swimmers' itch
acute schistosomiasis syndrome
fever
urticaria/angioedema
arthralgia/myalgia
cough
diarrhoea
eosinophilia
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Gastroenreritis after a foreign travel
Campylobacter
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Pathognomic for strongyloides
Larva currens
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First line for strongyloides
Ivermectin
Second line : Albendazole
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Cardiomyopathy is the most frequent and most severe manifestation of chronic
Chagas' disease
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Diagnostic test of choice for liogenella
Urinary antigen
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Lab finding of leoginella along with flu like symptoms and b/l chest infiltrates
Hyponatremia
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Treatment for lioginella
Erythromycin/clarithromycin
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Diagnostic for mycoplasma pneumonia
Serology
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Moraxella can xause
COPD
Middle ear infection
Sinusitis
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HIV patients with normal auscultation and pathology on CXR and clinically. Organism responsible
PCP
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Triad of PCP
Dry cough
Fever
Progressive dyspnea
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Kaposi sarcoma caused by
HHV 8
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MAC treated by
REM
rifampicin+ethambutol+clarithromycin
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when does cerebral TB occurs in regards of CD4 count
when CD4 count is less than 50
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HIV associated neurological complication
Toxoplasmosis (more common)
CNS Lymphoma
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CNS lymphoma a/s with what virus
EBV
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most common fungal infection of CNS
Cryptococcus
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India Ink positive in LP
Cryptococcus
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high opening pressure
elevated protein
reduced glucose
normally a lymphocyte predominance but in HIV white cell count many be normal
India ink test positive
cryptococcal findings on LP
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widespread demyelinating lesion in HIV
PML
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PML caused by reactivation of which virus
JC virus affecting oligodendrocytes
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most common complication with PCP
pneumothorax due to rupture of pulmonary cyst
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HIV+chest symptoms+ unremarkable auscultatory findings + bibbasal opacification + presence of pneumatocele
PCPr
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prophylaxis of PCP
co trimaxazole
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pcp with hypoxia treatment
add steroid with cotromaxazole
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most common opportunistic infection in AIDS
PCP
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first-line test for HIV screening
p24
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HPV 6 and 11
genital warts
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HPV 16 and 18
anal and cervical cancer
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causes of cervical cancer
HPV, smoking, combined oral contraceptive pill use and high parity.
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gram positive cocci with coagulase positive and present in clusters
S. saprophyticus
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Drug related to IRIS
didanosine
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Glandular fever
Infectious mononucleosis
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cause of infectious mononeuleosis
EBV most common
Cytomegalovirus
HHV 6
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classic triad of sore throat, pyrexia, LN involvement
Infectious mononucleosis
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palatal petechiae
infectious mononucleosis
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atypical lymphocytes is pathognomic of
infectious mononucleosis
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CT Scan findings of japanese encephalitis
hypodensity of basal ganglia and thalamus
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treatment for leoginella
levofloxacin
Azithromycin
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investigation of choice for lioginella
urinary antigen
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treatment for mycoplasma
doxycycline
azithromycin
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bites of sandflies.
leshminiasis
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grey skin , black sickness
visceral leshminia
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treatment for visceral leshminiasis
sodium stibogluconate, an organic pentavalent antimony compound
amphotericin B can be added with it
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infectious thrombophlebitis of the internal jugular vein.
lemerries syndrome
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most common risk factor for lemeirres syndrome
peritonsillar abcess
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complication of lemierre syndrome
Septic pulmonary emboli
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skin hypopigmentation + sensory loss
leprosy
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confirmatory investigation for leprosy
skin biopsy
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triple therapy for leprosy
rifampicin, dapsone and clofazimine
(CDR)
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Rat urine
Leptospirosis
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severe leptospirosis
weils disease
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leptospirosis treatment
benzylpenicillin or doxycycline
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adverse effect of linezolid
thrombocytopenia
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Complications of typhoid
Meningitis
Cholecystitis
GI bleed
Osteomyelitis
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bilateral conjunctival suffusion is a distinguishing feature of .
leptospirosis
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Kopliks spots
Measles
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rash which appears on the abdomen which then spreads to the back and limbs. Sore throat is usually a prominent symptom and cough generally is not a feature. A 'strawberry tongue' may be visible
Scarlet fever
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Rash seen in measles
Maculopapular
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Most common complication of measles
Otitis media
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Most common cause of death in measles
Pneumonia
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Gold standard for diagnosis of malaria
Blood film
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red cell agglutination on blood film analysis
Mycoplasma pneumonia
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Complication of chagas disease
Heart failure
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Antibiotics used in treatment of MRSA
vancomycin
teicoplanin
linezolid
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thrombocythaemia is characteristic of
Malaria
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Pruritic rash on the buttocks or soles ?
Strongyloides stercoralis
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Drugs for treating MRSA infection
Vancomycin
Tigecyclin
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low glucose, high protein, high polymorph on LP
Meningitis caused by strep pneumonia
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Altitude sickness drug
Acetazolamide
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Drugs involved in causing MRSA
Ciprofloxacin
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Treatment of meningitis in 3 months to 6o years old
Ceftriaxone
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Fluctuating temperatures
transient arthralgia and myalgia,
hyperhidrosis with a 'wet hay' smell
Brucella
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exposure to flea bites in a plague endemic area and fixed temperature
Yersinia pestis
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Best test for diagnosis of brucellosis
serology
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Treatment for brucella
doxycycline and streptomycin
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exposure to flea bites in a plague endemic area
wucherera gondi
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