Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

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

_____ is a bacterial infection associated with tick bites

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 initial management of osteomyelitis with signs of sepsis? _____

How is Lyme disease diagnosed in patients WITHOUT erythema migrans? _____ followed by an Immunoblot test if positive or equivocal