Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Sarah Hancox

Theme: Herpes and retroviral infections

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	HIV-1	I	HSV-1
B	HIV-2	J	HSV-2
C	HBV	K	VZV
D	Banna virus	L	EBV
E	Rotavirus	M	CMV
F	Coltivirus	N	Roseolovirus
G	HTLV-1	O	Pityriasis Rosea
H	HTLV-2	P	HHV-8

 

 

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 previously healthy 60 year old male attends your clinic with flu-like symptoms including a low grade fever, fatigue and a headache. He has also reported a burning sensation that has been present for the past few days on the skin around his right flank moving to the umbilical area.

 

2.    A 2 year old child presents to A+E with fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. She is extremely dehydrated. Apparently a few other infants have had similar symptoms at the childcare centre that she attends.

 

3.    A 45 year old HIV positive gentleman attends your clinic reporting black papular skin blotches.

 

4.    A young African woman who has had a “lifelong infection” gives birth to a child. The child is given three vaccinations – one at birth (alongside immune globulin), one at 2 months and one at 6 months.

 

5.    An 18 year old student attends your clinic after freshers’ fortnight, with an itchy genital area and pain on urination. On examination you find a few small fluid filled blisters on the underside of his penis.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. K

2. E

3. P

4. C

5. J