Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Ivy Wong         

Theme: Antimicrobials

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Benzylpenicillin	I
B	Metronidazole	J
C	Tetracyclin	K
D	Chloramphenicol	L
E	Clarithromycin	M
F	Gentamicin	N
G	Ciprofloxacin	O
H	Flucoxacillin	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. After a camping trip, a 20 year old student developed redness and itching in his right eye.

 

 

2. A 32 year old woman attends her GP concerned with a solitary, painless, non-itching ulcer on her cervix.

 

 

3. A 58 year old woman with a history of cardiac failure arrives in casualty with a red, painful and swollen toe.

 

 

4. A 10 year old boy complains of a sore throat. On examination, he is febrile with enlarged lymph nodes. He is allergic to penicillins.

 

 

5. A 75 year old man was admitted to hospital 1 week ago pyrexic and with a productive cough. Treatment was started immediately. The doctor reviewing him today noticed that his inflammatory markers are rising again and that the patient is in negative fluid balance.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. D

2. A

3. H

4. E

5. B