Infectious diseases (sepsis, endocarditis) — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Pneumocyctis pneumonia

Answer:

Extra: diffuse bilateral infiltrates on CXR

Flashcard 2: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can affect the _____, _____, _____, _____, and _____.

Answer: CNS

Flashcard 3: prostatitis

Answer: acute - bacterial infection chronic - usually sterile

Extra: in male: dysuria, urinary frequency, urgency, low back pain

Flashcard 4: lateral medullary syndrome

Answer: PICA stroke

Extra: acute vomiting, vertigo, nystagmus; loss of pain/temp in limbs/face, dysphagia, hoarseness, Horner's syndrome, ataxia, dysmetria, loss of gag reflexmnemonic: Don't PIC A hoarse that can't eat.

Flashcard 5: acute disseminated (postinfectious) encephalomyelitis

Answer:

Extra: demyelinationrecent measles or VZV infection, recent vaccination

Flashcard 6: arsenic poisoning

Answer:

Extra: inhibition of lipoic acid in pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDH)vomiting, rice water stools, garlic breath