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Time allowed: 2 hours
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I . 1.1 Describe briefly how you would
1.1.1 clean an accidental blood spillage during
venepuncture in a patient in the ward
(25marks)
1.1.2 instruct a female patient with urinary tract infection to collect
urine for culture
(25marks)
1.1.3 collect, store and transport blood for culture from a patient
suspected to have typhoid fever
(25marks)
1.2 Discuss briefly the factors that decide your choice of an
antibiotic.
(25marks)
2. A 4 year old girl was admitted to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital with a history of
fever for 3 days associated with headache, vomiting, neck pain and left ear pain. On
the night before admission she became drowsy. During the previous week she and
her 2 month old brother had upper respiratory tract infections with nasal congestion.
Her medical history was otherwise unremarkable. She had a poor immunization
history.
On examination she was lethargic and had a stiff neck. Her white blood cell count
( WBC) was 11,300/111, 93% being neutrophils. Random blood sugar was 128mgicil.
Her CSF report was as follows; appearance - turbid, WBC count 1300411,
neutrophils 87%, red blood cells 163411, CSF sugar 29mg/dl and CSF protein
155mg/c11. CSF microscopy revealed Gram negative short bacilli.
2.1 What is the most probable diagnosis and the causative
microorganism?
(4marks)
12 Explain how you arrived at your diagnosis.
(15marks)
2.3 Mention 3 other bacteria that cause the illness you
mentioned in 2.1.
(6nriarks)
2.4 Describe the mode of transmission of the organism you mentioned
in 2.1 and the role of its major virulence factor.
(20marks)
2.5 Discuss the measures which will reduce the risk of a
similar illness in her younger brother.
(20marks)
2.6 Describe briefly how to collect, store and transport a CSF specimen
to the laboratory
(35marks)
I A 46 year old man, recently returned from Indonesia, was admitted to the medical
ward with a history of loss of appetite, and nausea for 3 weeks. He did not have
fever or jaundice. His physician wants to exclude hepatitis B viral infection.
3.1 Mention 5 viruses other than hepatitis B virus that can cause
hepatitis.
(10marks)
3.2 Describe the microbiological diagnosis of hepatitis B infection.
(30marks)
3.3 Describe briefly the mode of transmission of hepatitis B virus.
(30marks)
3.4 Discuss the preventive measures for hepatitis B infection
(30marks)
4. A 10 year old girl was admitted to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital with a history of
fever for 4 days associated with migrating polyarthritis. Pain and swelling initially
affected the left knee joint, then progressed to the right elbow followed by the right
ankle and then the left elbow. On examination her painful joint was very tender and
warm. On inquiry she remembered having had throat pain 2 weeks before.
Her ESR was 92mm in the P t hr. The ASOT was 400unitsiml. Her throat swab for
culture yielded Gram positive cocci in chains which on grouping belonged
to group A.
4.1 What is the most probable diagnosis?
(5marks)
4.2 Mention the causative agent (species) for this illness.
(5marks)
4.3 Describe briefly the pathogenesis of the illness you
mentioned in 4.1
(30marks)
4.4 Discuss briefly the use of antibiotics in the management of
the illness you mentioned in 4.1
(30marks)
4.5 Mention 5 other illnesses caused by the organism you
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mentioned in 4.2
(10marks)
4.6 Name 5 other Gram positive cocci and 3 illnesses caused by each
of them.
(20marks)
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