Antimicrobial stewardship — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Bacterial endocarditis requires multiple _____ cultures for diagnosis

Answer: blood

Flashcard 2: CHF and pleural effusion is managed with _____

Answer: trial of diuretics

Extra:  https://onlinemeded.org/spa/pulmonology/pleural-effusion/acquire?ref=anki 

Flashcard 3: One symptom associated with bacterial endocarditis is _____, which are small, nontender, erythematous lesions on the palm or sole

Answer: Janeway lesions

Flashcard 4: _____ is a Rickettsial disorder caused by Coxiella burnetti that presents as pneumonia.

Answer: Q Fever

Flashcard 5: Which valve is most commonly affected with S. aureus endocarditis? _____

Answer: Tricuspid

Flashcard 6: Macrolides can be used to treat _____ caused by S. pneumonia, H. infuenza, and Moraxella catarrhalis.

Answer: community aquired pneumonia

Flashcard 7: What is the treatment of culture-negative endocarditis caused by Coxiella?_____

Answer: Doxycycline (along with hydroxychloroquine)

Flashcard 8: Pneumocyctis pneumonia

Answer:

Extra: diffuse bilateral infiltrates on CXR

Flashcard 9: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis can affect the _____, _____, _____, _____, and _____.

Answer: CNS

Flashcard 10: prostatitis

Answer: acute - bacterial infection chronic - usually sterile

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