Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Kaushali Trivedi

Theme: Antivirals

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Aciclovir	I	entecavir
B	Famciclovir	J	Interferon alpha
C	Valaciclovir	K	Interferon alpha + ribavirin
D	Foscarnet	L	Stavudine
E	Lamivudine alone	M	Zidovudine monotherapy
F	Lamivudine + HBIG	N	oseltamivir
G	Abacavir	O	ribavirin
H	tenofovir	P	amantidine

 

 

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. A 32yo pregnant woman comes to see you. Her 4yo son has chicken pox and she noticed this morning that she is also developing a rash. What is the best treatment?

 

 

2. Your patient has fulminant HBV but luckily is next in line for a transplant. What is the best prophylaxis you can put him on to prevent recurrence?

 

 

3. Your patient has HCV. What is the best therapy?

 

 

4. Your patient is an HIV positive woman who has a high CD4 count and a low proviral load. She and her partner want to have children. What antiretroviral therapy do you advise? 

 

 

5. Your patient is going to have a bone marrow transplant but has established CMV disease. What drug would you choose to treat this?

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. A

2. F

3. K

4. M

5. D