Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

Close contacts of a patient with pertussis should be managed with prophylactic _____ REGARDLESS of immunisation status!!

Whooping cough is caused by _____

Hint: organism

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

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

What is the investigation for gonorrhoea in females? _____

What is the likely causative organism in a male that presents with dysuria and white / yellow-green purulent discharge? Thayer-Martin agar growth showed gram-ve diplococci _____

Hint: causative organism

The convalescent stage of pertussis is characterized by _____

What is the management for pertussis? _____

What is the management for gonorrhoea? _____

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