Infectious Diseases Flashcards
How does Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever present?
Flu symptoms
Bruising and bleeding
Prolonged PT/APTT
Raised ALT
Frothy urethral discharge
Strawberry cervix
Raised vaginal pH
What is it, how do you treat it?
Trichomoniasis
Metronidazole
Which rash is associated with Lyme Disease?
Erythema chronicum migrans
What are the CT and MRI findings of TOXOPLASMOSIS
CT: multiple hypodense areas in the basal ganglia and corticomedullary junction
MRI: multiple ring enhancing lesions
What are the CT findings of JC virus?
Hypodense areas involving the periventricular and subcortical white matter
What causes Q fever and how is it treated?
Coxiella burnetti
Acute: doxy
Chronic: doxy and hydrochloraquine
What is the treatment of leptospirosis in not critically unwell and critical unwell?
Not critically unwell: doxy and azithromycin
Critically unwell: IV penicillin
Anal itching, anaemia and eosinophilia
Ascaris (roundworm)
Mebendazole
Hepatomegaly and weightloss with necrotic ulcer
Leishmaniasis
Muscle pain, vomiting and necrotic ulcer
O. Tsutsugamushi (scrub typhus)
How does flavivirus present?
Encephalitis
What clinical syndrome does yersinia mimic?
Appendicitis
