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thick grey pseudomembranes in throat |
Diphtheria (toxin) |
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Where do you get botulism from? |
soil, canned foods, honey (no honey for 1st yr of life) Spores |
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Floppy babies |
botulism--causes flaccid paralysis in adults: wound manifestations |
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continuous motor neuron activity |
tetanus (neurotoxin) |
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gonorrhea bacteria |
gram negative diplococci |
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Gonorrhea tx |
Ceftriaxone 125mg IM |
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Chlamydia bacteria |
gram negative bacillus |
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most common bacterial STD |
Chlamydia |
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Most common STD |
HPV |
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Chlamydia tx |
Azithromycin 1g PO |
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Rice water stools, dehydration can lead to death |
Cholera (enterotoxin) |
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Dx of Cholera |
No WBCs darting curved rods in stool |
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Cholera tx |
fluids and electrolytes Doxy can shorten illness |
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Source of salmonella |
chicken, uncooked eggs, pet turtles |
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Typhoid fever cause and presentation |
Salmonella fevers, HA, abd pain, splenomegaly, diarrhea, rose spots on adbdomen |
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Salmonella tx |
Cipro |
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type of diarrhea from salmonella |
watery tx with fluids and electrolytes b/c abx does not shorten illness |
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diarrhea from Shigella |
Bloody, with fever and abd pain |
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Colonoscopy with shigella infxn |
shallow ulcers |
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Shigella tx |
fluoroquinolones |
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manifestation of neurosyphilis |
Argyll-Robertson pupils dementia, dysarthria, seizures tabes dorsalis |
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Syphilis tx |
PCN G |
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Dx of Lyme dz |
bx of leading edge of erythema migrans |
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Tx lyme dz |
Doxy If neuro involvment: IV ceftriaxone x2 wks |
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever presentation |
flu like fever, macular rash on wrists, ankles, spreads to palms and soles conjunctival erythema |
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RMSF tx |
Doxy |
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Ghon complex and caseating granulomas |
on CXR of TB |
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TB tx |
Rifampin Isoniazide Pyrazinamide Ethambutol |
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CMV epi |
more common in immunocompromised |
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CMV presentation |
similar to Mono (EBV) |
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CMV tx |
IV ganciclovir |
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at what CD4 level is PCP at higher risk |
<200 |
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What is higher risk with CD4<100 |
Toxo, CMV, MAC |
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what is higher risk with CD4 200-500 |
Histo, TB, Cryptococcus |
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diarrheas that occur within 6 hours |
staph B. cereus |
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C dif colonoscopy |
pseudomembranes |
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Stages of Pertussis |
Catarrhal: 1-2 weeks low-grade fever. Paroxysmal: 2-4 wks of Whooping cough |
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Pertussis tx |
can only use abx (macrolide) during catarrhal stage |
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Ground glass infiltrates on CXR |
PJP |
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fatty, foul smelling stool, from contaminated water |
Giardia |
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Giardia tx |
Metronidazole |
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Ring enhancing lesion on head CT |
Toxoplasmosis |
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toxo tx |
Bactrim |
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Positive india ink stain |
cryptococcus |
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cause of erysipelas |
GABHS-- tx with PCN |
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Bacteria from human bites |
Eikenella corrodens |
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Top presenting sx of acute HIV infxn |
Fever, adenopathy, pharyngitis, rash, myalgias |
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How to dx a pt with acute HIV infxn |
ELISA will be negative in acute stages. Need to assess viral load (HIV RNA using PCR)--will be near 100,000 |
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what CD4 for cryptococcus |
<50 |
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Cryptococcus tx |
Ampho B |
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CD4 for toxoplasmosis |
<100 |
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Which vaccines are live? |
MMR, varicella, and zoster, also rotavirus Can only give to HIV pts if CD4<200 |
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MAC PPX for HIV pts |
Azithromycin |
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At what CD4 count do you automatically dx AIDS |
200 |
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what valve is affected by rheumatic fever |
mitral |
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Chancroid dx |
painful ulcer
negative RPR and HSV |
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Legionella tx |
erythromycin |
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Burkitt's lymphoma |
"starry sky" pattern on bx associated with EBV |
