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EMQs in Clinical Medicine.pdf - Peshawar Medical College

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Infections 225<br />

96 Infections<br />

A<br />

B<br />

C<br />

D<br />

E<br />

F<br />

Clostridium difficile<br />

Salmonella spp.<br />

Treponema pallidum<br />

Staphylococcus aureus<br />

Coxiella burnetii<br />

Mycobacterium tuberculosis<br />

G<br />

H<br />

I<br />

J<br />

K<br />

L<br />

Pneumocystis carnii<br />

Campylobacter jejuni<br />

Legionella pneumophila<br />

Clostridium perfr<strong>in</strong>gens<br />

Neisseria men<strong>in</strong>gitidis<br />

Escherichia coli<br />

Choose the most likely <strong>in</strong>fect<strong>in</strong>g organism from the options above. Each option<br />

may be used only once.<br />

1 A 10-year-old girl presents with fever, photophobia and neck stiffness.<br />

2 A 40-year-old patient presents with bloody diarrhoea after treatment with<br />

broad-spectrum antibiotics.<br />

3 A young man presents with progressive ascend<strong>in</strong>g weakness and areflexia <strong>in</strong> all<br />

four limbs a few weeks after a gastro<strong>in</strong>test<strong>in</strong>al <strong>in</strong>fection.<br />

4 A 33-year-old IVDU presents with fever, rigors and nightsweats. On exam<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

he has a pansystolic murmur best heard at the lower sternal edge.<br />

5 A 65-year-old woman presents with frequency and dysuria.<br />

Answers: see page 241.

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