Brain Busting Bacteria
Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots. EVERYBODY!
Other Flora and Fauna
Going Viral
This is your bug on drugs.
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These are three of the main bugs most commonly implicated in acute otitis media.
What are Strep pneumoniae, nontypeable H. flu (think of it when a patient has conjunctivitis and AOM), moraxella catarrhalis, and group A strep?
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These live attenuated vaccines should not be given to immunocompromised patients (Name at least 3).
MMR, Varicella, Rotavirus, live-attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), oral typhoid, yellow fever
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This is the BEST next step for a patient who was hiking in Wisconsin and now presents with rash described as "target-like" in appearance.
What is treat Lyme disease? -This is Erythema migrans and is pathognomonic for Lye disease, so treat for Lyme disease! -No need to do any testing. -Treat with Doxycycline 100mg BID (or amoxicillin if <8y/o) for 14-21 days - Caused by spirochete, Borrelia Burgdorferi, carried by the Ixodes genus of ticks
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This is the most likely virus causing diarrhea in a child who just returned from a Disney cruise on which 30% of the passengers have developed diarrhea.
What is norovirus?
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This is the drug and route of choice in MRSA bacteremia.
What is vancomycin IV?
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This is the most likely bacteria found in a culture of the bloody, greenish discharge from the eyes of a 4-day-old infant who was born at home and had minimal medical care.
What is N. gonorrhoeae? Conjunctivitis in neonates: - Within 48 hrs of birth - Chemical reaction to ophthalmic prophylaxis - 2-7 days after delivery - gonococcal conjunctivitis - 7-14 days after delivery - conjunctivitis due to Chlamydia trachomatis
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A little boy wakes up in his room and finds a bat climbing his blinds. There is no visible evidence of a bite on the child. This is the next best step to take.
What is give rabies immunoglobulin and rabies vaccine ASAP?
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This infection is spread via the fecal oral route and causes pruritus ani especially at night and in the early morning.
What is pinworm? - Itching at night because the females travel down the large bowel and to the perianal region at night to lay eggs. - Often spread at daycare or slumber parties, often via fomites - Patients often auto-inoculate (yuck) - Treat with pyrantel palmate or alendazole
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A 17 year old, sexually active female presents with fever, new onset altered mental status, and smells burning rubber. This infection is causing her symptoms.
What is HSV? - Patient has HSV encephalitis - Often affects the temporal lobes, causes temporal seizures with olfactory auras - >60% have neurological sequelae - Treat with IV AcV
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This treatment is indicated in a 17 y/o female patient diagnosed with gonorrhea?
What is treatment for gonorrhea and chlamydia, with: - Ceftriaxone 250 mg IM in a single dose PLUS - Azithromycin 1gm orally in a single dose OR doxycycline 100mg orally BID for 7 days - Sexual partners of patients with gonorrhea from the preceding 60 days should also be evaluated and treated
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This gram positive organism is the most common cause of catheter-associated bacteremia.
What is staph epidermis. - Also the most common cause of post-operative infections secondary to foreign material (prosthetics, pace-makers, VP shunts) left in the body - Almost ALL methicillin resistant - Treat with Vanco +/- gent (serious infections) +/- rifampin (for prosthetic device infection)
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This is the recommended treatment for the following scenario: An 11 y/o boy who ran away to join the circus is walking on a bed of rusty, dirty circus nails when he loses his balance and one punctures his foot. He has seen lots of doctors but has had poor continuity and has had 6 previous DTaP vaccines, the last being 6 years ago.
What is TDaP Immunization? - If clean wound and vaccines UTD (<10 years ago), no treatment - If wound is dirty and pt has <3 tetanus immunizations OR unknown give TIG and immunize (DTaP if <7 y/o or TDaP if >7 y/o) - If wound is dirty and immunizations are UTD (most recent <5 yrs ago), no treatment.
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This is the infection in a caucasian 15 y/o boy presents with hyperpigmented scaly macules on his chest and back that worsen when he plays football in the hot sun.
What is Tinea versicolor? - Usually hypopigmented in darker skinned individuals, can be hyperpigmented in lighter skinned individuals - Often recurs in warm seasons
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This virus often causes fever for 3-5 days then, after the patient defervesces, a maculopapular rash.
What is HHV-6 or exanthem subitum/roseola/sixth disease? - Is often associated with febrile seizures during the febrile stage
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Coverage for these two organisms are the reason for adding ampicillin to a 3rd general cephalosporin in the treatment of meningitis.
What are listeria and enterococci?
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This is the name of the syndrome and the bug causing the symptoms in a 6 year old girl with diarrhea, renal insufficiency, thrombocytopenia, and anemia with elevated haptoglobin.
What is HUS caused by E.Coli O157:H7? - Other than the above will usually present with purpura - Antibiotics are NOT beneficial, so DO NOT treat - Commonly found in undercooked beef and unpateurized milk or apple juice
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A 3 year old patient presents with a cough, fever, and runny nose for 5 days. The patient's preschool is requiring that all students have TB testing before attending. This is the measurement (in mm) of the area of induration after 48-72 hrs that would indicate LTBI and a need for subsequent INH therapy
10 mm, as the patient is in a moderate risk group due to age (<4y/o) Measurements that indicate LTBI: - 5mm = HIV+, abnormal CXR, close contacts of documented TB infected individuals, severely immunocompromised - 10 mm = Homeless, travel to or birth in endemic area, IVDU but HIV-, prisoners, health care workers, nursing home pts and staff, diabetes or CRF, immunosuppressed, <4 y/o. - 15 mm = >/= 4 y/o and no clear risk factors
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This is the likely congenital infection in infant in the NICU has microcephaly, chorioretinitis, and widespread parenchymal calcifications.
What is toxoplasmosis? - Don't eat raw or undercooked meat, stay out of the litter box - Possible fetal complications: Microcephaly, hydrocephalus, hepatosplenomegaly, maculopapular rash or thrombocytopenia purpura, chorioretinitis (as opposed to cataracts in rubella), diffuse calcifications in the cerebral parenchyma (as opposed to periventricular calcifications in CMV infection)
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This is the most common presentation of untreated HIV-infected infants.
What is an AIDS-defining illness (PCP pneumonia), serious bacterial infection, or serious fungal infection.
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These are 4 of the drugs that are effective in treating pseudomonas infections.
What are: - piperacillin-tazobactam (Zosyn) - ticarcillin-clavulanate, - ceftazidime or cefepime (but NOT ceftriaxone or cefotaxime) - aminoglycocides (ototoxic/nephrotoxic) - quinolones (-floxacins, not FDA approved if <18 y/o except in special cases) - imipenem or meropenem.
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This is the bacteria that may cause fever to 105 degrees F, myalgia, rigors, pneumonia, and splenomegaly in a 13 year old girl who lives on the turkey farm that supplied Tater and Tot, the last two turkeys to be pardoned by President Obama.
What is chlamoydophila psittaci? - One of two main organisms to think about in a patient with pneumonia and splenomegaly. The other is Histoplasma.
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These are at least one of the vaccines contraindicated in individuals with anaphylactic reactions to the following: 1. Egg antigens:? 2. Streptomycin, neomycin, polymyxin B:? 3. Neomycin:? 4. Gelatin:? (Get one of each or all of them for gelatin and I'll give you the points)
What is: 1. some influenza vaccines, yellow fever 2. IPV 3. MMR, varicella 4. MMR, varicella, yellow fever
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Suspect this infection in a patient who just returned from a safari in central Africa and who presents in shock with fevers, stupor, hypoglycemia, renal failure, respiratory failure, metabolic acidosis, and severe anemia.
What is Malaria? - Specifically, cerebral malaria, which is often cause by P. falciparum and is often acquired in Africa - Treat with chloroquine if able (but often resistant) or atovaquone/proguanil - Prevent with good bug protection as well as ppx with chloroquine, atovaquone/proguanil, mefloquine, or doxycycline.
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This is the likely viral etiology of post-infectious rheumatic disorder in a 9 y/o from the Ivory Coast after having a febrile illness with polyarthralgias a few months prior to the patient immigrating to the US.
What is chikungunya virus? - Caused by day-biting Aedes mosquitos, endemic in West Africa - Incubation period of 3-7 days - Present with fevers, polyarthralgia, and sometimes headache, conjunctivitis, nausea/vomiting, or rash initially - Can have musculoskeletal and/or rheumatic disorders lasting for months to years after - Diagnose by detecting virus-specific IgM or by PCR. - Supportive treatment.
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These are the 3 of the 4 classes of antiretroviral drugs used in the treatment of HIV infection.
What are: - Reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs - faulty building blocks; NNRTIs - interfering binders) - Protease inhibitors - self explanatory - Integrase inhibitors - block the enzyme HIV uses to integrate vial genes into the host - Fusion inhibitors - Stop entry into host cell
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