QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LATEST MOST
QUESTIONS COVERED
GRADED A+
Giardia lamblia - CORRECT ANSWER -tinidazole or nitazoxanide (alt:
metronidazole)
Entamoeba histolytica - CORRECT ANSWER -metronidazole or
tinidazole, then paromomycin or iodoquinol
Ascaris lumbricoides - CORRECT ANSWER -albendazole or
mebendazole
,Necator americanus - CORRECT ANSWER -albendazole (alt:
mebendazole)
Trichinella spiralis - CORRECT ANSWER -albendazole + prednisone
Enterobius vermicularis - CORRECT ANSWER -mebendazole
Shistosoma spp. - CORRECT ANSWER -praziquantel
Diphyllobothrium latum - CORRECT ANSWER -praziquantel (alt:
niclosamide)
Yersinia Pestis - CORRECT ANSWER -Streptomycin (alt: gentamicin
Adenovirus (severe infection) - CORRECT ANSWER -cidofovir +
probenecid
,Influenza A (seasonal), Influenza B, adn avian flu (H5N1) - CORRECT
ANSWER -zanamivir or oseltamivir
Measles - CORRECT ANSWER --Children: vitamin A
-Adults: ribavirin
Smallpox - CORRECT ANSWER -smallpox vaccine within 4 days of
exposure + cidofovir + probenecid Osteomyelitis (<4 months old) -
CORRECT ANSWER -nafcillin or oxacillin + ceftazidime or cefepime
Osteomyelitis (4 months - adult) - CORRECT ANSWER -nafcillin or
oxacillin
Herpes Encephalitis - CORRECT ANSWER --acyclovir
-if HSV (+): acyclovir
-If not HSV (+): DOC for specific etiologic agent
Encephalitis due to Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Bartonella, or
Mycoplasma - CORRECT ANSWER Doxycycline
, Encephalitis due to Borrelia burgdorferi - CORRECT ANSWER -
Ceftriaxone
Meningitis in neonate, child, or adult - CORRECT ANSWER -ampicillin
+ cefotaxime + gentamicin + ceftriaxone or cefotaxime +
dexamethasone + vacomycin
Meningitis in alcoholics, people >50, people with severe comorbid
diseases, or anyone who is immunocompromised - CORRECT
ANSWER -ceftriaxone or cefotaxime + dexamethasone + vacomycin +
ampcillin
Meningitis prophylaxis if hemophilus influenzae - CORRECT ANSWER
-rifampin
Meningitis prophylaxis if neisseria meningitidis - CORRECT ANSWER -
rifampin or ceftriaxone or ciprofloxacin