Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

What is the management for pertussis? _____

Acute pelvic inflammatory disease caused by _____ presents with acute onset of symptoms

What is the management for gonorrhoea? _____

What is the investigation for gonorrhoea with persistent infection resistant to treatment? _____

Disseminated gonococcal infection presents with the classic triad of _____, tenosynovitis, & migratory polyarthritis

_____ is a highly contagious respiratory infection characterised by severe, paroxysmal coughing fits often followed by a "whooping" sound on inhalation

Whooping cough is caused by _____

Hint: organism

The convalescent stage of pertussis is characterized by _____

_____ with pertussis can present with apnoea & cyanosis even in the absence of a cough

Hint: demographic

What is the most common cause of bacterial myocarditis?\n_____