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46 Cards in this Set
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Abdominal Rose spots |
Typhoid Psittacosis |
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Cysticercosis |
Taenia solium (from pork) Taenia saginata (beef) Treated with niclosamide |
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Hydatid disease |
Dog tapeworm (Echinococcus granulosus) Liver cysts Treated with albendazole |
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Leptospirosis |
Aka Weils disease Infected rat urine Liver/renal failure Subconjunctival haemorrhage Meningitis |
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Gastroenteritis |
Bloody diarrhoea - shigella - amoebic dysentery - enterohaemorrhagic E coli (not enterotoxigenic) - rarely campylobacter |
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Toxoplasmosis |
Investigation: antibody test, Sabin-Feldman dye test Treat: pyrimethamine + sulphadiazine Reservoir: cat, rat |
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PCP staining |
BAL - silver stain |
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Rabies |
Dog, bat, raccoon, skunk Acute encephalitis Hydrophobia: water provoking muscle spasm Hypersalivation Negri bodies: cytoplasmic inclusion bodies found in infected neurons Treat: HRIG + vaccine |
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Mycobacterium avium |
Rifampicin + ethambutol + clarithromycin |
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Leishmaniasis - 3 types |
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Live attenuated vaccines/vaccines for HIV positive people |
Live attenuated vaccine (the first 3 are contraindicated but the latter 3 are allowed if CD4>200) TB (BCG) Oral polio Intranasal influenza Varicella MMR Yellow |
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Brucellosis |
Unpasteurised cheese, sheep, pigs Fluctuating temp Transient arthralgia/myalgia esp sacroilitis Hyperhidrosis - "wet hay" smell
Rose Bengal plate, brucella serology Doxycycline + streptomycin |
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Cat scratch disease |
Bartonella hensellae |
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Antiparasitic |
Benznidazole - wide range Praziquentel - schistosomiasis Miltefosine - leishmaniasis |
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Meningitis - management of contacts |
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False positive VDRL |
Some - SLE Times - TB Mistakes - Malaria Probably - pregnancy Happen - HIV Later - leprosy |
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Chronic Hep C |
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Larva currens vs larva migrans |
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Leprosy |
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Antiretroviral side effects |
NRTIs: peripheral neuropathy Zidovudine: anaemia, myopathy, black nails Didanosine: pancreatitis NNRTIs: rashes Nevirapine: enzyme inducer PI: diabetes, hylerlipidaemia, central obesity Indinavir: renal stone, asymptomatic hyperbilirubinaemia Ritonavir: potent enzyme inhibitor |
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Bacteria classification |
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Schistosomiasis types |
Bladder - S. Haematobium Liver - S. Mansoni, S. Japonicum Intestinal - S. Intercalatum, S. Mekongi |
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Malaria investigation |
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Tetanus |
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HIV in pregnancy |
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Flu treatment |
Neuraminidase inhibitor Oseltamivir: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, headache Zanamivir: INH/IV, may induce bronchospasm in asthmatics |
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BV vs TV |
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Malaria prophylaxis |
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African vs American trypanosomiasis |
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Antifungal MOA |
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Ankmal bites |
Pasteurella multicoda Co-amoxiclav |
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Tularaemia |
Francisella tularensis Rabbits, hares, pikas, beavers, muskrat, ticks Ulcer at bite Ulcerating regional lymphadenopathy Doxycycline |
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False negative Mantoux |
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HPV strains |
HPV 6 & 11 - genital warts HPV 16, 18 & 33 - cervical cancer |
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Antibiotic resistance |
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Anthrax |
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Legionella vs mycoplasma pneumonia |
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Syphilis serology |
1) non-specific antibodies against cardiolipin eg VDRL, RPR (rapid plasma reagin) 2) specific antibody - remains positive after treatment eg ELISA, haemagglutinin, chemiluminescence, particle agglutination |
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Dengue |
Thrombocytopenia, transaminitis |
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Chlamydia in pregnancy |
Azithromycin, erythromycin or amoxicillin |
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HIV diarrhoea |
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Pentamidin indication |
- African trypanosomiasis - leishmaniasis - babesiosis - PCP |
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LGV 3 stages |
1st - painless ulcer, Groove sign 2nd - painful buboes 3rd - rectoproctitis |
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Wound suspicious of rabies/tetanus |
For tetanus it depends whether the wound is high risk |
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Salmonella |
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Other types of vaccine |
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