Statistics for ID - Treatment for Infectious Disease

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
strep throat	amoxicillin	77%
scarlet fever	amoxicillin	54%
MRSA	bactrim, doxycycline or clindamycin	31%
MSSA	oxacillin, dicloxacillin, cephalosporins, tetracyclines, carbapenems, fluoroquinolone or bactrim	31%
herpes simplex virus	acyclovir	23%
botulism	antitoxin	23%
mild lyme disease	doxycycline	23%
influenza	oseltamivir	23%
typhoid fever	ciprofloxacin or levofloxacin	15%
anaplasmosis	doxycycline	15%
ehrlichiosis	doxycycline	15%
rocky mountain spotted fever	doxycycline	15%
tick borne relapsing fever	doxycycline	15%
HIV	HAART therapy	15%
river blindness	ivermectin	15%
strongyloidiasis	ivermectin	15%
syphilis	penicillin G	15%
schistosomiasis	praziquantel	15%
severe chicken pox	acyclovir	8%
epstein barr virus	acyclovir	8%
severe shingles	acyclovir	8%
ascariasis	albendazole, mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate	8%
hydatid disease	albendazole or mebendazole	8%
toxocariasis	albendazole + steroids	8%
tick-borne disease (child)	amoxicillin	8%
severe cryptococcus pneumoniae (2)	amphotericin B + flucytosine	8%
severe histoplasmosis (2)	amphotericin B then itraconazole	8%
neurosyphilis	aqueous penicillin G	8%
chlamydia (pregnant)	azithromycin	8%
tick-borne disease (pregnant)	azithromycin	8%
chancroid	azithromycin, ceftriaxone, erythromycin or ciprofloxacin	8%
pneumocystitis jirovecci pneumonia	bactrim	8%
severe acute rheumatic fever (2)	carbamazepine or sodium valproate + prednisone	8%
gonorrhea	ceftriaxone	8%
mild malaria (nonresistant)	chloroquine	8%
severe salmonella gastroenteritis	ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, bactrim or azithromycin	8%
severe shigellosis	ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, azithromycin or ceftriaxone	8%
borrelia miyamotoi	doxycycline	8%
STARI	doxycycline	8%
genital chlamydia	doxycycline	8%
lymphogranuloma venereum	doxycycline, erythromycin or azithromycin	8%
invasive candidiasis (2)	echinocandins (capsofungin, micafungin or andidulafungin) then fluconazole	8%
mild cryptococcus pneumoniae	fluconazole	8%
mild histoplasmosis	itraconazole	8%
pinworm	ivermectin	8%
shingles (postherpetic neuralgia)	lidocaine patches, gabapentin, Lyrica or capsaicin cream	8%
severe trichinosis	mebendazole or albendazole	8%
tetanus (3)	metronidazole + HTIG + baclofen or benzodiazepines	8%
moderate covid 19 (outpatient) (2)	paxlovid + monoclonal antibodies	8%
human papilloma virus	podophyllotoxin, sinetctechins or imiquimod	8%
fish tapeworm	praziquantel	8%
dwarf tapeworm	praziquantel	8%
beef tapeworm	praziquantel	8%
asymptomatic tuberculosis (3)	rifampin + isoniazid + vitamin B6	8%
clostridium myonecrosis (2)	zosyn + clindamycin	8%
shingles (retinal disease) (2)	acyclovir + foscarnet	0%
neurocysticercosis	albendazole	0%
hookworms (2)	albendazole, mebendazole or pyrantel pamoate + ferrous sulfate	0%
mild babesiosis (2)	atovaquone + azithromycin	0%
mild malaria (resistant) (2)	atovaquone + proguanil	0%
pasteurella multocida (outpatient)	augmentin	0%
cat scratch disease	azithromycin	0%
chlamydia pneumoniae	azithromycin	0%
granuloma inguinale	azithromycin	0%
severe lyme disease	ceftriaxone	0%
severe covid 19 (hospitalized) (2)	dexamethasone + remdesivir	0%
filariasis (2)	diethylcarbamazine + doxycycline	0%
cytomegalovirus	ganciclovir	0%
rabies	HRIG	0%
severe erythema infectiosum	IVIG	0%
trichomoniasis	metronidazole	0%
diphtheria (2)	penicillin + antitoxin	0%
severe toxoplasmosis (4)	pyrimethamine + sulfadiazine + folinic acid + bactrim	0%
severe malaria (2)	quinidine gluconate + doxycycline or artesunate	0%
severe babesiosis (2)	quinine + clindamycin	0%
severe measles	ribavirin	0%
symptomatic tuberculosis (5)	rifampin + isoniazid + pyrazinamide + ethambutol + vitamin B6	0%
severe cholera	tetracycline, fluoroquinolone, bactrim, azithromycin, ampicillin, or chloramphenicol	0%
chlamydia psittacosis	tetracycline or erythromycin	0%
cutaneous larva migrans (2)	thiabendazole + albendazole or ivermectin	0%
pasteurella multocida (inpatient)	unasyn, zosyn	0%
mild shingles	valacyclovir or famciclovir + corticosteroids	0%
cytomegalovirus (cmv retinitis)	valganciclovir, ganciclovir, or foscarnet	0%