Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

HSV-2 remains latent in the _____ ganglion

What is the management of genital herpes in a child? _____

Plasmodium _____ present with milder disease than P. falciparum

Hint: 3

Pertussis is a notifiable diasese _____

Hint: True / False

The paroxysmal stage of pertussis presents with _____ followed by "whooping" on inhalation

What are the stages of pertussis? _____ Paroxysmal Convalescent

Hint: ~1 week

What is the confirmatory investigation for pertussis? _____

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

_____ with pertussis can present with apnoea & cyanosis even in the absence of a cough

Hint: demographic

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