Travel Related Infections Flashcards
(24 cards)
who was the father of tropical medicine?
Sir Patrick Manson
discovered cause of filariasis and founded London School of Tropical Medicine
newest 5th strain of malaria?
plasmodium knowlesi
malaria symptoms? (7)
fever rigors aching bones pain headache dysuria sore throat and cough
malaria signs? (3)
splenomegaly
hepatomegaly
mild jaundice
malaria complications?
cerebral malaria
blackwater fever
pulmonary oedema
jaundice
malaria diagnosis? (3)
thick and thin blood films
quantitative Buffy coat (QBC)
rapid antigen tests
treatment for P. falciparum?
Riamet
Malarone
Quinine
treatment for other malaria types?
raiment
chloroquine
what do you need to consider in vivax and ovale infections?
add primaquine to eradicate liver hypnozoites
Typhoid fever organisms?
Salmonella type
Salmonella paratyphi
typhoid fever incubation period?
7d - 4w
typhoid fever investigations?
blood culture
urine culture
stool culture
typhoid fever treatment?
oral azithromycin
IV ceftriaxone
what is Dengue?
commonest human arbovirus infection
dengue transmission?
transmission is by Aedes aegypti mosquito
dengue symptoms? (4)
sudden fever
severe headache
myalgia
arthralgia
dengue signs? (3)
petechia
purpura
positive tourniquet test
dengue diagnosis?
thrombocytopenia
leucopenia
elevated transaminases
lab - PCR + serology
Schistosomiasis treatment?
praziquantel with prednisolone
what type of virus is Zika?
flavivirus
zika transmission?
daytime biting aedes mosquitos
sexual contact + blood transfusion
Zika clinical symptoms?
no or mild symptoms headache rash fever malaise conjunctivitis
zika in pregnancy?
can cause microcephaly and other neurological conditions
zika major worry?
Guillain-Barre syndrome
