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The UKMLA® AKT (Applied Knowledge Test) is a key component of the United Kingdom Medical Licensing Assessment (UKMLA), designed to ensure that all doctors practicing in the UK meet a consistent and rigorous standard of knowledge and clinical understanding. The AKT evaluates candidates on their abi...

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UKMLA Infectious Diseases Questions
And Answers Latest Update!!


dry cough

relative bradycardia

lymphopaenia

hyponatraemia

deranged liver function tests - ✔✔Features of legionella pneumonia (X5).



Urinary antigen - ✔✔Diagnostic test of choice for legionella pneumonia.



Haematogenous - results from bacteraemia.

Non-Haematogenous - results from the contiguous spread of infection from
adjacent soft tissues to the bone or from direct injury/trauma to bone. -
✔✔Subtypes of osteomyelitis - based on how infection in spread.



S. aureus

Salmonella species - sickle cell anaemia. - ✔✔Most common causative
organisms in osteomyelitis.

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6W of Flucloxacillin - rifampicin or fusidic acid added for the first 2 weeks. -
✔✔Pharm., Mx of osteomyelitis following diagnosis w/ MRI.



Periosteal reaction (changes to the surface of the bone)

Localised osteopenia (thinning of the bone)

Destruction of areas of the bone - ✔✔Late XR changes seen in
osteomyelitis (X3).



Open fractures

Orthopaedic operations, particularly with prosthetic joints

Diabetes, particularly with diabetic foot ulcers

Peripheral arterial disease

IV drug use

Immunosuppression - ✔✔Risk factors for osteomyelitis (X6).



Staphylococcus aureus - in young adults who are sexually active, Neisseria
gonorrhoeae is the most common organism (disseminated gonococcal
infection) - ✔✔Most common causative organisms in septic arthritis.



acute, swollen joint

restricted movement in 80% of patients

warm to touch/fluctuant

fever - ✔✔Features of septic arthritis - any similar presentation warrants
joint aspiration.

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IV Flucloxacillin for 2W - w/ PO switch for 4W after.

needle aspiration should be used to decompress the joint

arthroscopic lavage may be required - ✔✔Management of septic arthritis
(X3).



gram-negative diplococcus - ✔✔Classification of neisseria gonorrhoea.



- Extension of infection from middle ear/sinuses.

- Trauma to scalp.

- Penetrating head injuries.

- Embolic events from endocarditis. - ✔✔Potential aetiology behind brain
abscess formation.



Cushing's Triad - ✔✔Signs of increased intracranial pressure:

1. hypertension

2. bradycardia

3. irregular respirations



Headache

Fever

Focal Neurology

Non-Specific Systemic Features - ✔✔Non-specific presentation of brain
abscesses - earlier on.

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