Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

What initial investigation can be done for malaria? _____

A patient presents with bone pain, systemic signs of infection (e.g., fever, leukocytosis) and +ve blood cultures? _____

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

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

Hint: Likely/Unlikely

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

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

What is the most likely diagnosis in a patient presenting with a erythematous, oedematous, and warm wound on their thigh. Your observant medical student notices sinus draining tracts. _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is the management of persistent lyme disease despite 1 full course of antibiotics? _____

_____ is a bacterial infection associated with tick bites

_____ often used in Lyme disease management should not be used in patients with cardiac involvement due to QT prolongation

Hint: Which antibiotic?