Parasites
This is the incubation period before a person who was bit by a mosquito carrying malaria presents with treatable symptoms
what is 12-14 days
This is the common location of coccidiomycosis infections
What is southwest US, Mexico, and central/south America
This neuraminidase inhibitor treats patients when they are hospitalized and it is delivered parenterally as a one time dose
Peramivir
This is the treatment of choice for somebody who has a bite from a human
What is amoxicillin-clavulanate
This vaccine is NOT required for PA public schools
What is Hep A, Meningococcal B, Pneumococcal, or HPV
when treating a patient with Quinine sulfate for malaria infection, you must combine it with this antibiotic so it will be effective
what is doxycycline, tetracycline, or clindamycin
This anti-tuberculosis medication can cause hyperuricemia
What is pyrazinamide or ethambutol
These are the most common adverse effects of oseltamivir
what are headache, nausea, vomiting, pain
For a person who cannot take Doxycycline for erythema migrans, this is how long you prescribe Amoxicillin for
What is 14 days
This is the earliest age you can get a zoster vaccination
What is 50
A pregnant woman of 20 weeks gestation presents with toxoplasmosis infection. This is the treatment of choice for her
What is Pyrimethamine + Sulfadiazine + Leucovorin
Aspergillosis infection often times shows this on a chest x-ray
What is a halo sign (nodules that have a surrounding ground glass appearance)
This medication can be used to treat and prevent HSV infections
What is acyclovir, famciclovir, and valacyclovir
What is azithromycin or levofloxacin
Some vaccines are made with antibiotics. This vaccine that prevents paralysis of limbs is contraindicated in patients who are allergic to these 3 antibiotics
what is polio and streptomycin, neomycin, and polymyxin B
a month after eating a salad with watercress at a restaurant in Indonesia your patient presents with abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, and weight loss. You suspect intestinal parasite infection. Based on her history this is the treatment of choice:
what is mebendazole or albendazole or Ivermectin + albendazole
A white woman age 50 has a chronic cough, she is a nonsmoker and she presents with weight loss, sputum production and her CXR has nodules and bronchiectasis. This is the best treatment regimen for her.
What is Azithromycin + Rifampin + Ethambutol (she has mycobacterium avium complex)
This is the drug of choice for CMV
What is ganciclovir
Children who are not vaccinated are susceptible to a life threatening pertussis infection. This is the acceptable treatment option for such an infection in a child:
And: what drug class is this?
What is clarithromycin, erythromycin, or azithromycin
Macrolides
Flumist is inhaled influenza vaccine, this is the patient population it is contraindicated in:
What is a pregnant person, person with asthma, immunocompromised or around an immunocompromised patient, patients taking aspirin or salicylate containing drugs,
A patient presents with a Romana sign and she is pregnant; this is the only treatment she can have
What is nifurtimox
This is the treatment for paucibacillary leprosy
What is dapsone + Rifampin x 12 months
This drug can be used first line for a patient newly diagnosed with hepatitis B infection.
What is peginterferon alpha-2a, Tenofovir, or Entecavir
A pregnant woman comes down with rocky mountain spotted fever. What drug option does she have and what can this do to her unborn baby?
chloramphenicol: gray baby syndrome
doxycycline: stained teeth
These are the vaccines children with HIV cannot have
What is MMR and varicella