PICTORIAL MNEMONICS & MCQS : LEPTOSPIROSIS
LEPTOSPIROSIS: A HIGH YIELD TOPIC IN NEET-PG & FMGE... THOUGH RECOGNIZED AMONG THE WORLD'S MOST COMMON DISEASES TRANSMITTED TO PEOPLE FROM ANIMALS, LEPTOSPIROSIS IS NONETHELESS A RELATIVELY RARE BACTERIAL INFECTION IN HUMANS.
PICTORIAL MNEMONICS OF 3 CLINICAL FORMS OF LEPTOSPIROSIS: WEIL'S DISEASE + CANICOLA FEVER +FORT BRAGG FEVER WITH RAPID TEXT IS GIVEN HERE... YOUR COMMENTS & RATING IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED...!
QUESTION 1
WHICH OF THESE IS NOT AN ALTERNATIVE NAME FOR LEPTOSPIROSIS?
ICTEROHEMORRHAGIC FEVER
RICE-FIELD FEVER
MUD FEVER
CATTLE FEVER
QUESTION 2
LEPTOSPIROSIS IN HUMAN RARELY OCCURS THROUGH:
DIRECT CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED ANIMAL URINE
INDIRECT CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED ANIMAL URINE
CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED HUMAN URINE
CONTACT WITH CONTAMINATED SOIL
QUESTION 3
WHICH OF THESE GROUPS IS AT INCREASED RISK OF LEPTOSPIROSIS?
SWIMMERS
SEWER WORKERS
FARMERS
ALL THE ABOVE
QUESTION 4
INCUBATION PERIOD FOR LEPTOSPIROSIS IS:
2 - 6 DAYS
2 - 16 DAYS
2 - 26 DAYS
2 - 36 DAYS
QUESTION 5
OCULAR MANIFESTATIONS COMMON IN ANICTERIC LEPTOSPIROSIS ARE:
CONJUNCTIVAL SUFFUSION
RETRO ORBITAL PAIN
PHOTOPHOBIA
ALL THE ABOVE
QUESTION 6
LEPTOSPIROSIS DISEASE IS MAINTAINED IN INFECTED ANIMALS BY:
CHRONIC INFECTION OF RENAL TUBULES
CHRONIC INFECTION OF INTESTINAL TRACT
CHRONIC INFECTION OF BLOOD
CHRONIC INFECTION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
QUESTION 7
WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS IS NOT TRUE WITH REGARD TO LEPTOSPIRES?
THEY ARE STRAIGHT SPIROCHETES
THEY ARE OBLIGATE AEROBES
OPTIMUM GROWTH TEMPERATURE IS 28-300 C
MAY BE STAINED USING CARBOL FUCHSIN COUNTERSTAIN
QUESTION 8
IN HUMANS LEPTOSPIRES CAN BE DETECTED IN:
URINE
BLOOD
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
ALL OF THE ABOVE
QUESTION 9
WHICH OF THESE IS NOT TRUE REGARDING LABORATORY FINDINGS IN ANICTERIC PHASE OF LEPTOSPIROSIS?
ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (ESR) IS REDUCED
WHITE BLOOD CELLS (WBC) RANGE FROM BELOW NORMAL TO MODERATELY ELEVATED
AMINOTRANSFERASES ARE ELEVATED
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASES ARE ELEVATED
QUESTION 10
HOW MANY DAYS AFTER INFECTION WITH LEPTOSPIRES DO THE URINE CULTURES BECOME POSITIVE?
FIRST WEEK OF ILLNESS
SECOND WEEK OF ILLNESS
THIRD WEEK OF ILLNESS
FOURTH WEEK OF ILLNESS
QUESTION 11
FOR ISOLATION OF LEPTOSPIRES, BLOOD CULTURE SHOULD BE TAKEN:
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER PATIENT’S PRESENTATION
SECOND WEEK AFTER PATIENT’S PRESENTATION
THIRD WEEK AFTER PATIENT’S PRESENTATION
FOURTH WEEK AFTER PATIENT’S PRESENTATION
QUESTION 12
CULTURES FOR LEPTOSPIRES SHOULD BE EXAMINED FOR HOW MANY WEEKS BEFORE BEING DISCARDED?
UPTO 3 WEEKS
UPTO 7 WEEKS
UPTO 11 WEEKS
UPTO 13 WEEKS
QUESTION 13
ANTIBODIES IN BLOOD CAN BE DETECTED HOW MANY DAYS AFTER ONSET OF SYMPTOMS?
1 - 2 DAYS
5 - 7 DAYS
9 - 11 DAYS
13 - 15 DAYS
QUESTION 14
ANTIBIOTIC GIVEN TO PREVENT LEPTOSPIROSIS IS:
DOXYCYCLINE
AMPICILLIN
PENICILLIN
ERYTHROMYCIN
QUESTION 15
ANICTERIC LEPTOSPIROSIS IS TREATED WITH:
DOXYCYCLINE 100 MG BID
AMPICILLIN 500-750 MG BID
AMOXICILLIN 500 MG BID
ANY OF THE ABOVE
QUESTION 16
DOSE OF AMPICILLIN FOR TREATING ICTERIC LEPTOSPIROSIS IS:
IV AMPICILLIN ONE GRAM OD
IV AMPICILLIN ONE GRAM BD
IV AMPICILLIN ONE GRAM TDS
IV AMPICILLIN ONE GRAM QID
QUESTION 17
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE REGARDING LEPTOSPIROSIS, EXCEPT:
A) IT IS ZOONOSIS
B) MAN IS THE DEAD END HOST
C) MAN IS AN ACCIDENTAL HOST
D) LICE ACT AS RESERVOIRS OF INFECTION
A) IT IS ZOONOSIS
B) MAN IS THE DEAD END HOST
C) MAN IS AN ACCIDENTAL HOST
D) LICE ACT AS RESERVOIRS OF INFECTION
