Most Common medical associations

Note: this post is not finalized yet, can have errors.

DOC = drug of choice.

Most common congenital heart disease is

VSD – Ventricular Septal Defect

Most common cyanotic heart disease is

TTF – Tetralogy of fallot

Most common cardiac abnormality in premature child birth is

Patent ductus arteriosus. DOC: indomethacin (or ibuprofen)

Most common cause of sub acute bacterial endocarditis

Streptococcus Viridans. DOC: penicillin or ceftriaxone

Most common cause of acute endocarditis (especially in i/v drug abusers)

Staphylococcus Aureus. DOC: vancomycin and ceftriaxone (until causative organism is identified)

Most common lobe involved in prostate cancer

Posterior lobe of prostate

Most common carcinoma of oropharynx

Squamous cell carcinoma

Most common site of entrapment of inhaled foreign body

Right main bronchus

Most common cause of pneumonia in HIV patients

Pneumocystis Carinii

Most common cause of meningitis in neonates (up to 28 days after birth)

Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae). Drug of choice: Penicillin G.

Most common cause of meningitis till end of teenage (1 months to 20 years) is

Meningiococcal (Neisseria meningitidis)

Most common cause of meningitis in adults (above 20)

Streptococcus pneumonia. Drug of choice: Penicillin. However selected third-generation cephalosporins (ie, cefotaxime and ceftriaxone) are the beta-lactams in emperic treatment too.

Most common hospital acquired meningitis

coagulase-negative staphylococci, Acinetobacter species, and Staphylococcus aureus (needs citation – not verified)

Most common cause of meningitis in HIV patients

Cryptococcus Neoformans

Most common cause of pelvic inflammatory disease

Chlamydia

Most common cause of Uterine tube abscess

Gonorrhoea

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