INFECTIOUS DISEASES Flashcards
TROPICAL INFECTOLOGY TICK ANIMALS BORNE ANTIBIOTIC LADDER HIV/AIDS ENDOCARDITIS UTI ANTIFUNGALS ANTIVIRALS (71 cards)
OSTEO
BIT: XR IF NORMAL
SECOND: MRI
MAT: BONE BIOPSY CULTURE (REGLA DE ORO)
BONE SCAN LACK SPECIFICITY EQUAL SENSITIVITY THAT MRI
EARLIEST FINDING:
PERIOSTEAL ELEVATION
ESR 4-6 WKS = SEQUESTRUM
ORDER: BONE DEBRIDEMENT
IF MSSA IV NAFCILINA
IF MRSA VANCO DAPTO LINEZOLID CEFTAROLINE
SALMONELLA PSEUDOMONA ONLY OSTEO TX PO ABX
MALIGNANT OE
OSTEO SKULL BASE
OEA: TOPICAL POLYMIXIN + NEOMYCIN HYDROCORTISONE DROPS IN SEVERE CASES
BIT:
MRI
MAT:
BONE BIO
ORDER: CIPRO PIP TAZO CEFEPIME AZTREONAM
OMA
ETIOLOGY: MOPS
NON TYPABLE HINFLUENZAE NOT IN VACCINE
PE:
MOST SENSITIVE PRESENCE OF INMOBILE TYMP MEMBRANE
AMOXICILLIN 7-10 D
MAT: TYMPANOCENTESIS AND ASPIRATE FOR CULTURE IF PERSISTANCE AND FAIL TTX
AMOXICILLIN CLAVULANATE CEFDINIR CEFTIBUTEN CEFUROXIME CEFPROXIL CEFPODOXIME
SINUSITIS
SAME ETIOLOGY OMA SAME ABX
BIT: IF XR AND CT SELECT CT
MAT: SINUS ASPIRATE FOR CULTURE
SAME ABXs OMA
BUT ADD INHALED STEROIDS
STREP A
RHEUMATIC FEVER GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
CENTOR
EXUDATES
LAD
ABSENCE OF COUGH
PAIN/SORE THROAT
RAPID STREP TEST
PENICILLIN
ALLERGY:
AZYTHROMICIN OR CLARITHROMICIN
USE CEPHALEXIN IF ITS JUST A RASH
INFLUENZA
BIT: IF DX UNCLEAR
VIRAL RAPID ANTIGEN DETECTION IN NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB
BEING AT HOME ISOLATE FOR 7 DAYS
OSELTAMAVIR ZANAMIVIR IN FIRST 48 HRS
PERAMIVIR IV NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITOR SIMILAR EFFICACY TO OSELTAMAVIR
AMANTADINE WRONG ANSWER
VACCINE: COPD CHF HEALTH CARE WORKERS DIALYSIS STEROID USERS OR MORE THAN 50 YEARS
INHALED LIVE ATTENUATED ONLY IN < 50 YRS
INACTIVATED IM FOR > 50 YRS
EGG ALLERGY NO CI
TOPICAL ANTIFUNGALS IF NO HAIR AND NAILS INVOLVEMENT
BEST INITIAL TEST:
ORDER KOH PREPARATION + CULTURE
TOPICAL CLOTRIMAZOL (STANDARD) MICONAZOL ECONAZOL KETOCONAZOL TERCONAZOL NYSTATINE CICLOPYROX
ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATION FOR SCALP AND NAILS
BEST INITIAL TEST:
KOH PREP
TERBINAFINE CHECK LFT’s FOLLOW UP
ITRACONAZOL
GRISEOFULVINE LESS EFFICACY
GU
GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS
2 MEDICATIONS FOR URETHRITIS ALWAYS
CONFECTION
BEST INITIAL TEST:
SWAB FOR GRAM STAIN CULTURE WBC COUNT SINGLE BEST TEST FOR GONO CHLAMYDIA IN USMLE:
DNA PROBE: NAAT NUCLEIC AMPLIFICATION TEST COMPARABLE TO PCR AND CAN BE DONE IN URINE SAMPLE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AS WELL
RECURRENT INFECTIONS:
TERMINAL COMPLEMENT DEFICIENCY FOR URETHRA AND SNC AS WELL
GONORRHEA: CEFTRIAXONA CHLAMYDIA: AZYTHROMICIN SINGLE PO DOSE USMLE TOC* DOXYCICLINE 7 DAYS PO
PREGNANT URETHRITIS TTX
GONORRHEA: CEFTRIAXONE
CHLAMIDIA: AZYTHROMICIN
PID
TREAT SAME URETHRITIS
THE IS THE BEST NEXT STEP:
BHCG
ROULE OUT ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
WHAT IS THE BEST SINGLE INITIAL: DNA PROBE NAAT NUCLEIC AMPLIFICATION TEST IN URINE
MAT: LAPAROSCOPY
OUT: CEFTRIAXONE/DOXY
INPATIENT: CEFOXITINE/DOXY/METRO
CEFOTETAN /DOXY/METRO
PCN ALLERGY: CLINDA /GENTA
EPIDIDIMO ORCHITIS
AGE < 35 YO CEFTRIAXONE/DOXY GON/CLAM
AGE > 35 YO FLUOROQUINOLONE E. COLI
CONDUCTA A SEGUIR
GENITAL ULCER
DX
DOC
CHANCROID H. DUCREY "PAINFUL" NAIRIOBI OR MUELLER HINTON SWAB FOR GRAM STAIN IS DX SINGLE DOSE CEFTRIAXONE OR AZYTHROMINCIN
LGV CHLAMIDIA
L1-4
ASPIRATE THE BUBOE
DOXY/AZYTHRO
HSV GO STRAIGHT TO ACYCLO / VALACYCLO / FAMCICLOVIR 7-10d DO TZANCK IN UNCLEAR CASES
SYPHILIS
DO DARK FIELD X 3 = 100% SENSITIVE
DO NOT SEROLOGY PRIMARY FOR DX 75 %
PENICILIN G
GRANULOMA INGUINAL KLEBSIELLA BEEFY RED LESION THAT ULCERATES DO TOUCH PREP BIOPSY GRANULOMATIS DONOVANOSIS DOXY/TMP-SMZ/AZYTHROMIZIN
HSV TTX CONSIDERATIONS
CLEAR VESICULAR LESIONS
ULCERS OF UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY
MOST COMMON WRONG ANSWER FOR ACYCLOVIR RESISTANT HSV
CLEAR VESICULAR LESIONS: ACYCLO / VALACYCLO / FAMCICLOVIR 7-10d ULCERS OF UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY: TZANCK PREP BUT THE MOST ACCURATE IS PCR SEROLOGY HAS NO UTILITY
GANCYCLOVIR THIMINE KINASE MUTATION RESISTANCE IS CRUZADA TOO
ACYCLOVIR 40 tid VALACYCLOVIR 500 bid SAFE IN PREGNANCY USE AT 36 WKS WOMEN WITH FIRST EPISODE DURING PREGNANCY OR WITH FREQUENT RECURRENCES
IV ACYCLOVIR TO ALL PREGNANT WOMAN WITH SEVERE DISEASE
CHRONIC SUPRESSIVE TREATMENT FOR RECURRENCES
CMV
VALGANCICLOVIR
FOSCARNET
INFECTOUS MONONUCLEOSIS CCS CASE
17 YO CAME TO THE OFFICE C/O SORE THROAT FEVER MALAISE MYALGIA HEADACHE 2 DAYS AGO HE RECEIVED AMPICILLIN FOR PHARYNGITIS 39 C PETECHIA CERVICAL LAD LIVER ENLARGED 3 CM SPLENOMEGALY
CBC WBC >> LYMPHOCITOSIS ATYPICAL BMP CXR LFT BILIRRUBIN HIGH ALAT HIGH BLOOD CULTURES
ORDER:
HETEROPHILES ANTIBODIES
MONOSPOT
VIRAL CAPSIDE ANTIGEN IG M
ORDER: ACETAMINOPHEN AVOID CONTACT SPORT PREDNISONE IF THROMBOCITOPENIA OR HEMOLITC ANEMIA
GRANULOMA INGUNALE CCS CASE
24 YO MAN HAD AN PAINFUL ULCERATIVE GENITAL LESION FOR 3 DAYS THE LESION BEGAN AS PAPULE WITH ERYTHEMATOUS BASE .
Order
COMPLETE PE :
SOFT TENDER ULCER ON PREPUCE WITH INGUINAL LN.
ORDER • VDRL RPR • HIV • WRIGHT STAIN OR SCRAPING 2 TEST 4 GRANULOMA INGUINALE CAUSED BY DONOVANOSIS
•GRAM STAIN PLEOMORPHIC GRAM NEGATIVE ROD
IN “SCHOOL OF FISH” PATTERN
• DARK FIELD EXAMINATION
• CHLAMYDIAL ANTIBODY TESTING OF SCRAPPING.
ORDER
• CULTURE SCRAP: ➕ H. DUCREY
ORDER
AZYTHROMICIN 1 GR ONE SINGLE PO DOSE CEFTRIAXONE 250 MG IM SINGLE DOSE
SECONDARY LUES CCS CASE
24 YO MALE C/O MACULOPAPULAR RASH OVER ALL HIS BODY MILD FEVER HA SORE THROAT 2 WK AGO HAD A PAINLESS GENITAL ULCER THAT RESOLVED ON ITS OWN.
ORDER
COMPLETE PE
ALOPECIA
DIFUSE MP RASH DARK REDISH FEW PUSTULES GENERALIZED MODERTE ADENOPATHY
ORDER • CBC • BMP • UA • VDRL RPR: HIGH TITER • HIV • HbsAg, Anti HBc antibodies.
ORDER
• FTAA ➕
CULTURE OF PUSTULES NO GROWTH\
ORDER
• LP NORMAL
CSF VDRL, RPR, FTAA: ALL NON RACTIVE
ORDER
PCN G 2.4 MILLION SINGLE IM DOSE.
FOLLOW UP6 -12-24 MONTHS LATER TITTERS VDR PRP TO LOW
LATENT SYPHILIS EARLY SAME RX 1ry 2ry SYPHILIS LATE PCN G BENZATINA ONCE/WK X 3 WK 2.4 M DOXICICLYNE PO 100 mg DY X 4 wk TETRACICLINE 500 mg 4 XDY X 4 wk
NEUROSYPHILIS
PCN OR PCN IF ALLERGY
DESENSITIZES
SUSPECT:
HIV
NEURO SYMPTOMS
INNITIALLY > 1:32 TITERS FAIL TO DECLINE AFTER TX FOUR FOLD
LATER FU: CSF EVERY 6 MOS FOR WBC COUNT AND VDRL RPR TITERS 2 YRS AFTER REPEAT IF CSF WBC DO NOT NORMALIZES
VZV
SHINGLE CCS CASE
HZV SHINGLE CASE ORDER WRIGHT OR GIEMSA STAIN OF UNROOFED LESION (TZANCK PREP) VIRAL CULTURE OR PCR ORDER: ACYCLOVIR/VANCYCLOVIR/GANCYCLOVIR GABAPENTIN POST HERPETIC NEURALGIA TCA VZ VACCINE 65- OLDER
CCS CASE DISSEMINATED GONORRHEA DX LYME REITER VIRAL DISEASES
37 YO WOMAN HAS 3 DAYS OF PROGRESSIVE JOINT PAIN IN HER ANKLES KNEES AND WRIST THERE IS ALSO PAIN IN THE BACK OR HER HAND AND FOREARMS AS SHE FLEXES OR EXTENDS HER FINGERS
ORDER:
COMPLETE PE TEMP 38.7 PHARYNGEAL INJECTION SKIN PETECHIAL RASH SWOLLEN RED TENDER KNEE ANKLE WITH DECREASED RANGE OF MOTION.
ORDER:
• CBC • BLOOD CULTURE • PT, PTT • UA • URINE CULTURE • SWAB RECTAL ORAL URETHRAL • ARTHROCENTESIS • JOINT FLUID C S AND CELLS • THAYER MARTIN MEDIA CULTURE • VAGINAL C S, DNA PROBE FOR CHLAMYDIA AND GONORRHEA
ALL STD/IVD USER: • RPR, VDRL • HbsAg, anti Hbc Ab. • HIV
ORDER:
• IV CEFTRIAXONE 1 g Q DAY FOR 7 - 10 days IS TOC
FOR DISSEMINATED GONORRHEA
PO CHOICES:
CEPODOXIME
CEFIXIME
ALL STD:
NOTIFY PUBLIC HEALTH
SAFE SEX
TREAT PARTNER
CCS CASE CHOLANGITIS POSS HEPATIC ABSCESS
54 YO MAN WITH DM COMES TO THE OFFICE HE BEGAN HAVE RUQ PAIN CHILLS FEVER
PH: KNOWN BILIARY TRACT DISEASE
Order
Complete PE» 38.9 temp, vitally tachycardia , N. BP, mild icterus, RUQ Tenderness, no masses. No peritoneal signs,
Order
• CBC» leukocytosis, • BMP
• Abd ultrasound : dilated common bile duct with stone and mass lesion in right lobe of liver, consistent with hepatic abscess.
• Abd x-ray acute series. • Alkaline phosphatase • LFT»> total bilirubin 3. • PT,PTT
• UA • Blood culture
• U culture
• CXR»> fluid in Right costophrenic angle,
• Amylase • Lipase Order
• Send PT to ER
• NPO
• Iva • NSS
• CT scan of the abdomen : dilated CBD, 5X3 cm mass in right lobe of liver» abscess.
• Stool for (ova, parasite, culture, G stain)
• IV ampicillin/ sulbactam + doxycycline or Cephtriaxone + metronidazole.
• Surgical consult, reason : cholangitis for possible hepatic abscess.
• Percutaneous drainage of liver.
CCS CASE CEREBRAL ABSCESS
55 yo man comes to your office with almost 2 wks of progressive worsening headache, fever, and 2 days of left hand and leg weakness. There has been nausea and some vomiting.
Order complete PE >> temp 39, bulging red right tympanic members. Left Upper and lower extremely weakness. Intact sensory exam. Order • CBC • BMP • U-a • Urine culture • Blood culture • CXR • Brain CT with and without contrast >> hypodense area on right tempropariatal lobe. Marked enhancement with contrast. >> consistent with brain abscess Order
- Send to ED
- NPO
- PT, PTT • Fibrinogen
- FDP
- Stereotactic CT guided needle biopsy of the lesion.»_space; G positive cocci in chain and G negative rod»_space; culture»_space; strep viridans and bacteriodes melaninognicus.
Order
• IV Penicillin + metronidazole for 8 wks, or phetriaxone + metro
• Repeat CT after 3 wks.
• Surgical drainage if resistant to antibiotic.
CCS CASE INFLUENZA
25 YO MALE RETURN FROM NICKING TRIP WITH SEVERE EXCRUCIATING HEADACHE FEVER CHILLS MYALGIA
Order»_space; complete PE»_space; fever 38, mild enlarged cervical LN, erythematous pharynx, scattered rahles bilaterally.
Order
• CBC» • BMP • Blood culture • Urine analysis • Urine culture • CXR» bilateral interstitial markings. • ABG»_space;> 7.48/30/70. O2 sat 93%. • Sputum G stain»_space; few leucocytes • Sputum culture for bacteria, viral, mycobacterium fungi»_space; viral ag detected. Order
• Admit to hospital • Respiratory support ( oxygen, humidified air) if her ABG deteriorating do intubation • Ozeltamivir/ zanamivir • Antibiotic if there is bacteria, infection detected in culture
LYME DISEASE CCS CASE
25 YO MAN RETURN FROM NICKING TRIP WITH
HA FEVER MYALGIA
Order
complete PE»_space; Nuchal rigidity, right facial palsy. Temp 39.
Order
•CBC • BMP • Fibrinogen • Blood culture • Brain CT • Lumbar puncture» as usual add antibodies against Burrelia burgedorferi ( ELIZA and western blot), bacterial and viral culture. Order
• Burrelia burgedorferi Serum IgM level ( ELIZA )» high titer • Serum Western blot Order
Cephtriaxone for 3 wks.
“2 min screen”
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