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GPST Question of the Day

Test your knowledge with our Question of the Day, based on recent exam themes from the January 2013 sitting!

Theme:Childhood viral infections

AAdenovirus
BCoxsackie
CCytomegalovirus
DEpstein-Barr virus
EMeasles
FMolluscum contagiosum
GMumps
HRotavirus
IRubella
JVaricella

For each patient with the group of symptoms listed below, choose the single most probable causative agent from the given list of options.

Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

A 3-year-old girl presents with a macular confluent rash which appeared initially behind the ears and has spread. Over the previous five days she has had a low grade fever, catarrh and conjunctivitis. Her mother is vague about her immunisation history.


A 2-year-old boy is admitted to hospital with vomiting, non-bloody watery diarrhoea and is dehydrated. It emerges other children from his play group have developed a similar illness.


A 2-year-old boy is mildly unwell. His mother has noticed vesicles in his mouth, palms and soles of his feet.


A 10-year-old girl develops an itchy rash which began on her trunk and has since spread over the entire body. She travelled to see her grandmother who was unwell with a painful rash three weeks ago.


The 4-month-old baby daughter of an HIV positive mother is admitted to hospital with seizures. She has neonatal jaundice and microcephaly.




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