UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test (MSRA-style single best answer) · Infection, Clinical Imaging and Prescribing

Infection

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  1. A patient with pulmonary tuberculosis completes the 2-month initiation phase of rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol. What does the standard UK regimen use for the continuation phase?
  2. A patient started on antituberculous therapy complains of blurred vision and difficulty distinguishing red from green. Which drug is most likely responsible?
  3. A man has diarrhoea after a course of clindamycin, with a positive toxin test for Clostridioides difficile. What is the first-line treatment for a first episode in NICE guidance?
  4. A 19-year-old is diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis. What should be offered to his close household contacts?
  5. A man with advanced HIV has several weeks of exertional breathlessness and dry cough. His saturation falls from 95 to 85 percent on walking, and the chest X-ray shows bilateral perihilar infiltrates.…
  6. Which is the first-line treatment recommended by BASHH for uncomplicated genital chlamydia in a non-pregnant adult?
  7. A man has a painless genital ulcer, followed weeks later by a non-itchy rash on the palms and soles. What is the treatment of choice?
  8. A man returns from Nigeria with fever 10 days after arrival. What is the most important initial investigation?
  9. A man returns from a hotel stay with fever, dry cough, diarrhoea, confusion, a sodium of 125 mmol/L and abnormal liver function tests. Which test is the most appropriate diagnostic test?
  10. Which of the following is a notifiable disease in England?
  11. During an outbreak of Clostridioides difficile on a ward, which hand hygiene measure is correct?
  12. According to antimicrobial stewardship principles, what should happen to a patient's empirical intravenous antibiotics at 48 to 72 hours?
  13. A man with a vesicular rash in the distribution of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve has a lesion at the tip of the nose. What is the significance of this finding and the management?
  14. A patient has had a splenectomy after trauma. Which measures are recommended to reduce the risk of overwhelming infection?
  15. A woman with hepatitis C genotype 1 asks about treatment. Which statement is correct?

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