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1
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Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay positive in a patient with a painless hard penile ulcer

A

Primary syphilis

2
Q

Are symptoms of fevers, night sweats and weight loss more indicative of primary TB or post-primary TB?

A

Post-primary TB

3
Q

What drug is used to treat falciparum malaria?

A

Quinine

4
Q

Pseudomembranous colitis caused by C. diff colonisation is treated with…

A

Metronidazole

5
Q

Common cause of outbreaks of childhood diarrhoea

A

Rotavirus

6
Q

Normal presentation is a prodromal phase of tingling or pain, followed by an eruption of a painful, blistering rash in a dermatomal distribution

A

Shingles

7
Q

Shingles, caused by a reactivation of VZV, can be treated early on with…

A

Acyclovir

(oral; or IV in immunocompromised patients)

8
Q

Painful vesicular rash over penis and testicles

What is the condition, and what can it be treated with?

A

Genital herpes

Acyclovir

9
Q

Purulent urethral discharge and dysuria

A

Gonorrhoea

10
Q

Used to treat primary syphilis

A

Procaine penicillin

(doxycycline or tetracycline can be used if penicillin is not tolerated)

11
Q

Most common type of viral hepatitis in the world

A

Hepatitis A

12
Q

Route of transmission for Hepatitis B and C

A

Intravenous / sexually transmitted

13
Q

Treatment of hepatitis A

A

Conservative management

14
Q

Pegylated interferon alpha plus ribavirin is a treatment for which hepatitis?

A

Hepatitis C

15
Q

Infectious mononucleosis is caused by which virus?

A

EBV

16
Q

Appropriate immediate management of patient presenting with bacterial meningitis

A

1.2g of IM benzylpenicillin

17
Q

Painful facial swelling, fever, lethargy, parotid swelling

A

Mumps

18
Q

Non-blanching, petechial rash in meningitis patient indicated it is caused by…

A

Neisseria meningitidis

19
Q

Patient travelling in South America for 3 months

Presents with lesion on forearm, showing an erythematous ulcer with a raised edge

A

Leishmaniasis

20
Q

Patient with history of fever, headache, malaise and dry cough

Patchy maculopapular rash (rose spots) and leukopenia

A

Typhoid / enteric fever

21
Q

Drug used in MRSA

A

Vancomycin

22
Q

Most common organism causing endocarditis

A

Streptococcus viridans

23
Q

Common cause of infective endocarditis in IV drug users and patients with prosthetic valves

A

Staphlococcus aureus

24
Q

Papular rash in the web spaces of fingers and toes, palms of hands, soles of feet, in the axilla and genitalia

A

Scabies

25
Q

Most common cause of septic arthritis in young fit adults

A

Gonococcal arthritis (e.g. neiserriae gonnorrheae)

26
Q

Most common cause of septic arthritis in older patients

A

Staphylococcus aureus

27
Q

Organism causing dysphagia and retrosternal discomfort in an HIV patient

A

Candida albicans

28
Q

Organism associated with Kaposi’s sarcoma

A

Human herpes virus type 8 (HHV-8)

29
Q

HIV patient with encephalitis

Multiple ring enhancing lesions on CT

A

Toxoplasmosis

30
Q

What can a Paul Bunnell test diagnose?

A

Infectious mononucleosis (due to EBV infection)