Infectious Disease Quick Cram Cards questions and answers

Medication used as prophylaxis for meningococcal meningitis? Rifampin A 33-year-old HIV-positive woman presents with her second episode of oral thrush in the past 2 months. Her current CD4 count is 75. In addition to treatment for the thrush, what should she receive as prophylactic therapy? Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole double strength daily 00:55 01:09 Gram-negative coccobaccili found in the sputum of patient with pneumonia H. flu The best test for diagnosing Rocky Mountain spotted fever? Indirect immunofluorescent antibodies Gram-positive organism in clusters Staph The drug of choice to treat a urethritis caused by Neisseria? Ceftriaxone (Rocephin) A pregnant woman and cat litter Toxoplasmosis Prophylaxis for all HIV patients with CD4 count 100 Bactrim Prophylactic antibiotic given before a dental procedures Amoxicillin 2 grams PO 1 hour before procedure What three medications are combined as a first line treatment for H. pylori? CAP: Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin and PPI A 21-year-old male presents with cough and mild shortness of breath for three days. The cough is occasionally productive of yellowish mucus. He reports a low-grade fever with this episode but says that he has otherwise been healthy. He has spent the last month working in bat caves. Histoplasmosis List the HACEK organisms Haemophilus, Actinobacillus, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, Kingella 00:14 01:09