Pathology EMQ template.

Name:

Theme: Pathology of Infection

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Giardiasis	I	HIV
B	Dengue fever	J	Leptospirosis
C	Amoebiasis	K	Measles
D	Lyme disease	L
E	Malaria	M
F	Brucellosis	N
G	Tuberculosis	O
H	Familial Mediterranean Fever	P

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. 18 year old girl returning from her gap year suffering from malaise, myalgia and fevers. Her travel history includes trekking through swamplands and water sports.

 

2.  43 year old man, originally from Nigeria presents with a 7 day history of fever, sweats and vomiting. He has recently attended a family wedding in Ghana.

 

3.  67 year old man returning from Kurdestan where his family owns a cattle farm complains of fever, cough, headache, loss of appetite and aches

 

4.  44 year old woman complains of fever, sweating, weakness and upper abdominal pain with bloody diahorrea that has worsened over the last week. Her last trip away was over a month ago to the tropics.

 

5. The next day after returning from Borneo, a 21 year old man is suffering with perfuse diahorrea that is foul smelling, nausea, severe abdominal pain. He says the symptoms and pain have developed over the last few days.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. J

2. E

3. F

4. C

5. A