Infection- OSCE Jan 2021

Question 1

A 19-year-old student is presented to the emergency department in January due to a fever up to 38’C, severe headache and vomiting. She has been sick for 1 day and she is deteriorating fastly She used paracetamol and ibuprofen but did not get any better and then noticed some rash.

She is a university student and attends lectures. Some of the group mates had runny nose and coughed. She has no chronic diseases or allergens.

Physical examination: Temperature is 39’C, sweaty skin. Conscious apathetic, nasopharynx is erythematous. The tongue is dry with white plaque. HR 128 bpm rhythmic BP 90/60 mmhg. Respiratory rate is 24 breaths per minute, SpO2 96% on room air. Normal breath sounds on auscultation, no crackles or rales. The abdomen is soft, indolent, normal bowel sounds. Jordan sign negative bilaterally (-). Nuchal rigidity. Positive Kernig’s sign bilaterally. Rash on lower legs and lumbar area that does not blanch on pressure.

1. What is your preliminary diagnosis? 
Select one or more: -2p

Accepted Answer

Meningococcal sepsis

Accepted Answer

Meningitis

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Herpetic encephalitis

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Allergic reaction

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Yersinosis

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Encephalitis

Question 2

2. Which of the following laboratory tests would you perform? 
Select one or more: -1p

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K, creatinine

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CBC

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Head CT scan

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CRP

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Serum lactates

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Blood culture

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CSF analysis and culture

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Urine culture

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LDH

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EEG

Question 3

3. What would be your preliminary treatment? 
Select one or more: -3p

Accepted Answer

Fluid therapy

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Antipyretic

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Ceftriaxone 2 g IV

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The patient should be isolated for 24 hours

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The patient should be isolated for the duration of treatment in the hospital

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Cefazolin 2 g IV

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Penincillin 6 million units IV

Question 4

After one hour you receive the results of the tests:
WBC 15x10’9/l (Neu 9-%), CRP 370 mg/l, K 4 mmol/l, creatinine 90 umol/l.

CSF analysis: cloudy, WBC 1500 x 10’6/l. predominant neutrophils, protein 2 g/l, glucose 3 mmol/l (serum glucose 6.7mmol/l), lactates 8mmol/l, Gram(-) diplococci on microscopy.

4. What further treatment would you prescribe? 
Select one or more: -2p

Accepted Answer

Dexamethasone IV

Accepted Answer

Ceftriaxone 2 g IV

Answer

Penicillin 6 million units IV

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Cefazolin 2 g IV

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Acyclocllovir IV

Question 5

Choose the correct statement: 
Select one: -1p

Accepted Answer

Treatment of sepsis must be started in one hour from the patient’s arrival the other health-care facility.

Answer

HR 128 bpm, BP 90/60 mmHg, respiratory rate 24 times per min meet 3 of the qSOFA criteria

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Treatment of sepsis is started only when a positive blood culture result is received

Answer

In Lithuania the government funds vaccination for all individuals older than 65 years against pneumococcal and meningococcal infection

Question 6

Please match CSF analysis results with correct infections:

a. WBC 500x10’6 /l (Neu 45%, Lymph 55%), protein 3.4 g/l, lactates 3 mmol/l, glucose 1.08 mmol/l (serum glucose 6.8 mmol/l) [blank_start]Neuroborreliosis[blank_end]

b. WBC 15x10’6 /l (Neu 10, Lymph 5), protein 0.26 g/l, lactates 1.2 mmol/l, glucose 2.25 mmol/l (serum glucose 6 mmol/l) [blank_start]Tick-borne encephalitis[blank_end]

c. WBC 3x10’6 /l (Neu 0, Lymph 3), protein 0.26 g/l lactates 1.1 mmol/l, glucose 2.85 mmol/l (serum glucose 6 mmol/l) [blank_start]Normal[blank_end]

d. WBC 5000X10’6 /l (Neu 89% Lymph 21%), protein 4 g/l, glucose 2.5 mmol/l (serum glucose 6.7mmol/l), lactates 8 mmol/l [blank_start]Bacterial meningitis[blank_end]

Accepted Answer

Neuroborreliosis

Accepted Answer

Tick-borne encephalitis

Accepted Answer

Normal

Accepted Answer

Bacterial meningitis

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