Infectious Diseases — Practice

Question 1

A febrile patient from a rural area has a painless black eschar in the axilla. What is the diagnosis and treatment?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 2

Which cerebrospinal fluid parameter best distinguishes viral from bacterial meningitis?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 3

A septic patient needs antibiotics but venous access for blood cultures is proving difficult after twenty minutes. What should be done?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 4

A dengue patient becomes hypotensive on day five as the fever settles. Why does deterioration occur at this point?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 5

Radiographs show vertebral body destruction with a preserved disc space. What does this favour?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 6

Dexamethasone is given two hours after ceftriaxone in pneumococcal meningitis. What is the consequence?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 7

A patient with HIV deteriorates two weeks after starting antiretroviral therapy, with enlarging lymph nodes and fever. What is the correct action?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 8

Why is a negative interferon gamma release assay unhelpful in a severely ill patient with suspected disseminated tuberculosis?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 9

Blood cultures remain negative in a patient meeting clinical criteria for endocarditis. What is the commonest explanation?

Accepted Answer

B

Practice — Infectious Diseases