Treating Common Infections in Patients with Diabetes

1. Diabetes increases the risk of reactivation of latent TB infection three-fold.

a) True
b) False

2. The pneumococcal vaccination is recommended in patients aged 19-64 with diabetes and in all patients 65 years old and older.

a) True
b) False

3. Adding vancomycin and clindamycin led to improved outcomes in patients with diabetes suffering from cellulitis.

a) True
b) False

4. The following patients should be admitted to the hospital if they have a diabetic ulcer:

a) Patient with a history of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
b) Patient with poor home support
c) Patient that has been non-adherent in the past
d) All of the above

5. Your patient with diabetes presents with a diabetic foot ulcer but it is not infected. The team chose to not culture the wound. Was that the correct decision?

a) True
b) False

6. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increased rate of people newly diagnosed with diabetes.

a) True
b) False

7. People with diabetes have a greater incidence of UTI.

a) True
b) False

8. Which of these effects resulted in an increase in the incidence of newly diagnosed diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic:

a) COVID-19 virus mediated beta-cell damage in the pancreas
b) COVID-19 created a host inflammatory response
c) COVID-19 was routinely treated with steroids resulting in hyperglycemia
d) Environmentally, the pandemic resulted in overall decreased exercise and less access to healthy food
e) All of the above

9. People with diabetes that contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of severe disease, pneumonia, ICU admission, mechanical ventilation and death.

a) True
b) False