Vivas Week 16

1. What class of antibiotic is azithromycin?

 

Describe the mechanism of action of azithromycin

 

Against which organisms is azithromycin effective?

 

How does azithromycin differ from other antibiotics in its class?

2. What organisms cause malaria?

Name the types

 

Describe the pathogenesis of malaria

 

How does P Falciparum present clinically?

 

 

3. Describe the ventricular system of the brain

 

Outline CSF flow in the brain

 

4.

What is the arterial supply of the cerebral cortex? Name the corresponding parts they supply

 

Describe the venous drainage of the cerebral hemispheres

5. What type of virus is measles?

 

Describe some of the clinical manifestations of measles infection

 

What immune responses occur as a result of measles infection?

6. What is the mechanism of action of doxycycline?

 

What are the side effects of doxycycline?

 

Other than malaria, what are the indications for doxycycline?