Em Rapid Review Id

Front 1

What is the most common rickettsial infection in the U.S.?

Back 1

RMSF

Front 2

What are the most common vectors for RMSF?

Back 2

wood and dog ticks

Front 3

What is associated with pernicious anemia?

Back 3

the fish tape work diphyllobothrium latum

Front 4

What is the most common cause of septic arthritis in teenagers and young adults?

Back 4

GC arthritis

Front 5

What can be spread to humans from birds?

Back 5

psittacosis from birds infected with chlamydia psittaci

Front 6

What is the treatment of choice for acute uncomplicated malaria?

Back 6

chloroquine phosphate except in cases of chloroquine resistance

Front 7

What is the most common opportunistic infection in aids?

Back 7

pneumocystis jiroveci

Front 8

What is the most common cause of focal encephalitis in patients with AIDS?

Back 8

toxoplasma gondii

Front 9

What causes more deaths worldwide than any other ID?

Back 9

TB

Front 10

What is the major complication of pertussis?

Back 10

PNA,CNS sequela, OM and complications related to paroxysms of coughing

Front 11

How effective is the pertusis vaccine?

Back 11

80-90% effective however after 12 yrs many people lose immunity

Front 12

How often are wound cultures for C.tetani positive?

Back 12

only 1/3 of the cases and therefore are of limited diagnositic value

Front 13

Does the antitoxin TIG neutralize toxin already present in the nervous system?

Back 13

No. It also does not treat any existent symptoms

Front 14

What is toxic shock syndrome characterized by?

Back 14

fever, rash, hypotension and multisystem involvement

Front 15

What is amantadine effective in preventing?

Back 15

influenza A, not B

Front 16

What is a patient with HIV and hemoptysis most likely to have?

Back 16

pneumococcal pna or TB

Front 17

What are the most likely pathogens to cause osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell disease?

Back 17

salmonella, enterobacteriaceae, and staphylococcus species

Front 18

What percentage of AIDS patients get CNS disease?

Back 18

75-90%

Front 19

What is the most common complaint in AIDS patients?

Back 19

diarrhea

Front 20

What GI infections are particularly associated with HIV?

Back 20

cryptosporidium, isophoria
both are associated with watery diarrhea

Front 21

How does botulism typically present?

Back 21

WIth cranial nerve findings and descending paralysis

Front 22

How should TB be treated?

Back 22

with 4 agents including INH

Front 23

What is the treatment of clinical tetanus?

Back 23

airway managment, muscle relaxation, treatment of autonomic dysfunction and TIG

Front 24

What are patients with foreign bodies most at risk for?

Back 24

toxic shock syndrome

Front 25

What are the 4 elements of negligence?

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[1] Duty on part of Δ to conform to a specific standard of conduct for protection of Π against an unreasonable risk of injury;

[2] a breach of that duty by Δ;

[3] breach is actual and proximate cause of Π’s injury; and

[4] damage.

Front 26

When should post exposure prophylaxis against HIV should be considered?

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all occupational exposures, PEP generally only indicated for percutaneous exposure to HIV infected blood.

Front 27

What should be considered with female patients (young), GI complaints and a shock like picture?

Back 27

TSS

Front 28

Patient with desquamating rash on hands or feet?

Back 28

TSS

Front 29

In patient with gastrocnemius tenderness, severe headache and a blanching rash on palms and soles

Back 29

RMSF

Front 30

What should be considered in a young female patient with migratory polyarthralgias, pustules on an erythematous base at the onset of menses?

Back 30

disseminated GC

Front 31

Patient from hypovolemic shock, abd pain from southeast asia or africia?

Back 31

malaria with splenic rupture

Front 32

What species of plasmodium is resistant to chloroquine?

Back 32

falciparum

Front 33

What should be considered in a brazilian native with addisons's syndrome and apparent TB on chest xray?

Back 33

blastomycosis

Front 34

What should be considered in a patient with exposure to bird or bat excretions and acute pericardial tamponade?

Back 34

histoplasmosis

Front 35

Patient with pain and paresthesias at bite side of any wild animal and hyperactivity?

Back 35

consider rabies

Front 36

In apparent phenothiazine reaction in an urban drug addict or rural southeran aa

Back 36

consider tetanus

Front 37

Patient with fever, rash on palms and soles?

Back 37

secondary syphilis

Front 38

What is the most common opportunistic infection in AIDS

Back 38

pneumocystitis jiroveci pna

Front 39

Most common cause of mass lesion in brain of an AIDS patient?

Back 39

toxoplasmosis