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Infectious Disease Pediatric Questions
Question 1 of 5
Antimotility agents have a role in therapy of acute diarrhea in infants and toddlers with gastroenteritis due to
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Antimotility agents are contraindicated in infectious diarrhea in children due to risk of prolonged illness or complications.
Question 2 of 5
The drug that is recommended as initial therapy for nondisseminated gonococcal disease in children and adults is
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Ceftriaxone is the CDC-recommended treatment for gonococcal infections due to resistance patterns.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following routes of transmission has been associated with several large outbreaks of human listeriosis?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Food-borne transmission (e.g., contaminated dairy) is the primary route for listeriosis outbreaks.
Question 4 of 5
A 5-year-old urban male was admitted to the hospital because of low-grade fever, flaccid paralysis of both legs, sensory changes, and absent ankle deep tendon reflexes. The child had received only two immunizations with OPV at the age of 2 and 6 months. His diagnosis is most probably
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Incomplete OPV vaccination in an urban setting suggests wild poliovirus as the cause of paralytic polio.
Question 5 of 5
Febrile children with sickle cell anemia are at an increased risk for having overwhelming sepsis. Some of these children can be given intramuscular ceftriaxone and treated as outpatients. Which of the following should lead to hospitalization?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: All listed factors indicate severe illness requiring hospitalization in sickle cell patients.