(Single Best Answer) Question 1221: A 24-year-old HIV positive male presents with fever, cough and breathlessness for the last one week. On clinical examination, he is emaciated, tachypnoeic and has scattered crepitations over both the lung fields. The chest X-ray shows bilateral interstitial infiltrates. The initial antibiotic of choice would be ?
A) Penicillin B) Cotrimoxazole C) Amphotericin B D) Acyclovir Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1222: The typhus group of fevers are transmitted by the following : 1. Mites 2. Human body louse 3. Sand fly 4. Fleas
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 1, 3 and 4 C) 1, 2 and 4 D) 2, 3 and 4 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) It is a microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia B) Thrombocytopenia and schistocytes are seen in the peripheral blood smear C) Renal insufficiency is a complication D) Direct Coombs test is positive Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Generalised mucocutaneous lesions B) Generalised tender lymphadenopathy C) Constitutional symptoms like fever and weight loss D) Painless silver-grey mucosal erosions Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
A) Ethambutol B) Isoniazid C) Rifampicin D) Pyrazinamide Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1228: Consider the following statements regarding HIV infection in pregnant women: 1. The maternal to foetal transmission of HIV mostly occurs during the perinatal period 2. The risk of vertical transmission increases in direct proportion to the maternal HIV viral load 3. Breast-feeding is an important route of HIV transmission to the infant
Which of the statements given above is / are correct ?
A) 2 only B) 1 and 3 only C) 2 and 3 only D) 1, 2 and 3 Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):
(Single Best Answer) Question 1229: A 35-year-old nondiabetic, nonhypertensive individual presents to casualty with a sudden bursting headache and altered sensorium. What is the most likely diagnosis ?
A) Meningitis B) Encephalitis C) Intracerebral haemorrhage D) Intracranial tumor Answer (Select an option above to get the answer):