Serious & Notifiable Infections — Flashcards

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

The incubation period of malaria is _____-30 days, consider alternative diagnosis if < time

HSV-2 remains latent in the _____ ganglion

What is the investigation for gonorrhoea in females? _____

Pertussis is a notifiable disease\n_____

Hint: True / False

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

What is the confirmatory investigation for pertussis? _____

What is the likely causative organism in a male that presents with dysuria and white / yellow-green purulent discharge? Thayer-Martin agar growth showed gram-ve diplococci _____

Hint: causative organism

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

What are the stages of pertussis? _____ Paroxysmal Convalescent

Hint: ~1 week