Infectious Disease Exam Questions

General Medicine, academic year 2023/24 - NEW!!!!!!!!!

Each student picks one question from the group 1 and one question from the group 2.

Group 1:

Basic principles of anti-infective immunity

Management of infectious disease department and principles of isolation

High consequence infectious diseases

Infectious disease councelling and antibiotic consultation

Biomarkers of an acute phase of inflammation

Collection and evaluation of blood cultures

Lumbar puncture and examination of cerebrospinal fluid

Symptomatic therapy of infectious diseases

Principles of empiric antibiotic treatment

Impact of microbial resistance on antibiotic choice

Natural and anti-staphylococcal penicillins

Aminopenicillins and anti-pseudomonal penicillins

Cephalosporins

Carbapenems

Macrolides and azalides

Lincosamides and rifampicin

Aminoglycosides and chloramphenicol

Fluoroquinolones

Vancomycin, linezolid, and fidaxomicin

Tetracyclines and metronidazole

Nitrofurantoin and co-trimoxazole

Antiviral therapy of herpes infections and influenza

Antiviral therapy of viral hepatitis and HIV

Systemic antifungals

Types of vaccines, reactions and side effects after vaccination

Mandatory routine vaccination of children

Optional vaccination of children

Vaccination of adults

Vaccinations of professionals and during outbreaks

Prevention of infectious diseases in travellers (incl. vaccination)

Post-exposure prophylaxis (rabies, tetanus, varicella)

Group 2:

Differential diagnosis of acute tonsillopharyngitis

Streptococcal tonsillopharyngitis and scarlet fever

Infectious mononucleosis

Differential diagnosis of infectious etiology of cough

Influenza and acute upper respiratory tract diseases

Covid-19 and other coronavirus infections

Differential diagnosis of pneumonia

Pneumonia caused by typical agents

Atypical pneumonia

Pneumonia in immunocompromised patients

Differential diagnosis of diarrhea

Alimentary intoxication

Diarrheal diseases of viral origin

Diarrheal diseases of bacterial origin

Postantibiotic colitis

Autochtonous intestinal parasitic infections

Differential diagnosis of maculopapular rash

Differential diagnosis of vesiculopustulous rash

Manifestations of herpes simplex virus infection

Chickenpox and shingles

Measles and rubella

Fifth and sixth disease, hand-foot-mouth syndrome

Erysipelas and phlegmona

Differential diagnosis of febrile illness

Differential diagnosis of meningeal syndrome

Serious meningoencephalitis

Tick-borne meningoencephalitis

Lyme disease

Purulent meningitis

Invasive pneumococcal disease

Invasive meningococcal disease

Acute polyradiculoneuritis and facial nerve palsy

Differential diagnosis of jaundice

Differential diagnosis of viral hepatitis

Acute viral hepatitis

Chronic hepatitis

Liver abscess and liver echinococcosis

Natural course of HIV infection and follow-up of HIV-positive patients

Opportunistic infections and tumors in patients with AIDS

Transplacental infections

Pediatric infectious diseases in adulthood

Herpetic gingivostomatitis and mumps

Differential diagnosis of lymphadenopathy

Zoonoses causing lymphadenopathy

Tick-borne infections

Diagnosis and antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections

Infections in patients with impaired cellular and antibody immunity

Febrile neutropenia and infection in patients after splenectomy

Healthcare-associated infections

Infectious diseases in intensive care

Infectious diseases of diabetics, elderly patients and pregnant women

Sepsis and septic shock

Infective endocarditis

Fever of unknown origin

Traveller's diarrhea and imported intestinal parasitoses

Skin lesions in travelers

Differential diagnosis of febrile conditions in tropics and subtropics

Malaria

Dengue fever

Typhoid fever