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Pt passes tapeworm segments (proglottids)- most likely is:___
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Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)
Tx w/ niclosamide or praziquantel |
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Pt who likes to eat sushi passes tapeworm segments- most likely to be:____
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Diphyllobothirum latum (fish tapeworm)
Tx w/ Niclosamide or praziquantel |
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| Fish tapeworm casues megaloblastic anemia b/c the worm: |
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| takes up all the vitamine B12 from the gut |
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Always worry that pt may have_____, which may produce cystericercosis (larval cysts) in the brain, orbit, muscles, liver and lungs
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Taenia solium, pork tapeworm
Tx cysticercosis w/ albendazole |
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| ____ is DOC if identity of the type of tapeworm is uncertain |
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Baby w/ anal itching (pruritis) and positive "cellaphane tape" test= ____ infestatino
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pinworm
tx w/ mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate |
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Pt w/ mixed infxn= cestode (tapeworm) + trematode (fluke)
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immunocompromised pt w/ mucocutanous HSV infxn
Tx w/ |
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pt w/ genital HSV infxn
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| keratoconjunctivitis caused by HSV is tx w/ |
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| Trifluridine (trifluororthymidine) |
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| Immunocompromised pt w/ CMV infxn tx w/ |
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Pt w/ gonorrhea- tx w/ pencillin for 8 wks- pt returns w/ similar sx but not diplocci in urine (no longer has gonorrhea)- pt has_____
tx w/ |
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Chlamydia
-tx w/ doxycycline unless pt is a PG female then tx w/ erythromycin |
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Pt has Streptococcus infxn and is allergic to PCN
Tx w/ |
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| Erythromycin or another macrolide (azithromycin, clarithromycin) |
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Pt w/ AIDs develops PCP tx w/
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Tx pt w/ clindamycin, pt develops pseudomembranous colitis caused by C diff
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| oral metronidazole or oral vanc |
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pt w/ pneumonia, but bug neg for gram stain- prob an atypical bug- tx w/
-If gram (+) like S pneumo would tx w/: |
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macrolide like erythromycin
if gram(+): cephalosporin
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why is ketoconzaole contraindicated in pt receiving tx w/ amphoteracin B?
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| ketoconazole will PREVENT the antifungal MOA of amphoteracin B |
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