Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

Syphilis progresses through four distinct and successive stages if left untreated: _____ → Secondary → Latent → Tertiary

_____, including RPR and VDRL, tests for reagin antibodies, which reflect the host's immune response to cellular damage caused by T. pallidum

-ve NTT and -ve TP indicates _____ or too early to detect

_____ and tissue cultures are taken for gangrene (especially infectious gangrene)

What is the initial management of osteomyelitis with signs of sepsis? _____

What is the management of Lyme disease with CNS involvement? _____

Lyme disease is _____ to be transmitted to a foetus during maternal infection

Hint: Likely/Unlikely

What is the management for severe P. falciparum malaria? _____

Haematogenous osteomyelitis in children from bacterial seeding from the blood stream to the _____ of a long bone

Rarely, lyme disease can cause serious complications such as: Neurological: _____, Meningitis, Radiculopathy Rheumatological: Inflammatory arthritis Cardiac:: Heart block, Pericarditis