Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

A +ve RPR or VDRL indicates _____ or false +ve

+ve NTT and +ve TP indicates _____

COVID-19 may cause complications including _____, MI, ARDS, Septic shock

Hint: Renal

_____, including EIA and TPPA, tests directly for antibodies against Treponema pallidum

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

Hint: Likely/Unlikely

If there is still a strong suspicion of Lyme disease in patients with a -ve antibody ELISA test who have been symptomatic for ≥12 weeks → _____

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

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

Following successful treatment of Lyme disease, patients _____ have lifelong immunity

Hint: Will/Will Not