Title 15 Infectious Disease LMV 5.2.pdf ✅

1 | P a g e [ I n f e c t i o u s ] © Copyright www.plab1keys.com (Constantly updated for online subscribers) Copyrights @ Plab1Keys.com Infectious Disease Version 5.2 PLAB 1 Keys is for PLAB-1 and UKMLA-AKT (Based on the New MLA Content-Map) Corrected, Updated, Lighter With the Most Recent Recalls and the UK Guidelines ATTENTION: This file will be updated online on our website frequently! (example: Version 2.1 is more recent than Version 2, and so on) Key 1 Commonly Asked Antibiotic Treatment (Important) Do not worry if you cannot memorise these at once as all of them will come across while studying the full notes of all chapters. Plab1keys.com Strict Copyrights! No Sharing or Copying Allowed by any means Compensations and Penalties Worldwide System is Active
2 | P a g e [ I n f e c t i o u s ] © Copyright www.plab1keys.com (Constantly updated for online subscribers) Copyrights @ Plab1Keys.com Respiratory Conditions Community Acquired Pneumonia (Mild) Amoxicillin Community Acquired Pneumonia (Moderate) Amoxicillin + Clarithromycin Community Acquired Pneumonia (Severe) Co-amoxiclav + Clarithromycin Co-amoxiclav = Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid e.g. Augmentin® Pneumonia caused by staphylococcus aureus Flucloxacillin Pneumocystis Jirovecii “P. Carinii” (Seen in HIV patients when CD4 count is < 200 cells/microL). Co-Trimoxazole = (Trimethoprim + Sulfamethoxazole) = Bactrim® Tuberculosis (TB) √ First 2 months → (Ripe) → Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol. √ The following 4 months (Ri) → Rifampicin, Isoniazid.

4 | P a g e [ I n f e c t i o u s ] © Copyright www.plab1keys.com (Constantly updated for online subscribers) Copyrights @ Plab1Keys.com Cervicitis (Chlamydia) Recent Guidelines for the management of Cervicitis (September 2019) Chlamydia ◙ 1 st line → Doxycycline 100 mg BID for 7 Days. ◙ Another line: Azithromycin 1-gram PO Followed by 500 mg PO OD for 2 days. Cervicitis (N. Gonorrhea) Neisseria gonorrhoea ◙ Ceftriaxone 1 gm IM (single dose). Or: ◙ Ciprofloxacin 500 mg PO (Single dose). PID “Pelvic Inflammatory Disease” Differs based on hospital guidelines, one example: (CDM) Ceftriaxone + Doxycycline + Metronidazole Syphilis Penicillin G Genital Herpes “HSV” Aciclovir GIT Conditions