Question 1
A 28-year-old man presents to the emergency ward in Kinshasa with high fever (39.8°C), chills, severe headache, and vomiting. A rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and thick blood smear confirm Plasmodium falciparum infection with 8% parasitemia. He is conscious but prostrated and unable to retain oral medications. According to the DRC National Malaria Control Programme (PNLP) guidelines, what is the first-line treatment of choice?
Correct Answer:
Intravenous Artesunate at 2.4 mg/kg at 0, 12, and 24 hours, then once daily until oral therapy can be tolerated
Question 2
A 34-year-old HIV-positive patient on antiretroviral therapy presents with a 3-week history of productive cough, evening fever, drenching night sweats, and a 5 kg weight loss. Sputum GeneXpert MTB/RIF reveals Mycobacterium tuberculosis detected with no rifampicin resistance. What is the standard first-line antituberculosis treatment regimen recommended by the DRC National Tuberculosis Programme (PNLT) for this newly diagnosed drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis case?
Correct Answer:
2 months of Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol (2RHZE) followed by 4 months of Isoniazid and Rifampicin (4RH)
Question 3
A 42-year-old male with newly diagnosed advanced HIV infection (CD4 count 45 cells/uL) presents with subacute headache, fever, neck stiffness, and photophobia. Lumbar puncture reveals clear cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) with elevated opening pressure (280 mm H2O), lymphocytic pleocytosis, low glucose, and India ink preparation showing encapsulated budding yeasts. Cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) lateral flow assay is positive. What is the optimal induction management and timing of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) initiation?
Correct Answer:
Induction with IV Amphotericin B deoxycholate plus oral Flucytosine (or high-dose Fluconazole 1200 mg/day), therapeutic lumbar punctures for intracranial hypertension, and deferring ART by 4 to 6 weeks from the start of antifungal treatment
Question 4
A 38-year-old HIV-infected woman (CD4 count 85 cells/uL) presents with a 2-week history of worsening dry non-productive cough, progressive exertional dyspnea, and low-grade fever. Arterial blood gas on room air shows PaO2 of 58 mmHg (pulse oximetry 88%). Chest radiograph reveals bilateral symmetrical perihilar interstitial ground-glass infiltrates. What is the most appropriate definitive therapeutic regimen?
Correct Answer:
High-dose oral or intravenous Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX, 15–20 mg/kg/day of TMP) for 21 days PLUS adjunctive systemic Prednisone tapered over 21 days
Question 5
During a cholera outbreak along Lake Tanganyika in eastern DRC, an adult woman arrives at the Cholera Treatment Center (CTC) with profuse watery 'rice-water' diarrhea, undetectable radial pulses, sunken eyes, skin pinch retracting very slowly (> 2 seconds), and profound lethargy. According to WHO/DRC cholera treatment protocols (Plan C), how should intravenous rehydration be initiated?
Correct Answer:
Administer Ringer's Lactate at 100 mL/kg total: give 30 mL/kg rapidly within the first 30 minutes, then 70 mL/kg over the next 2.5 hours
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