Buzzword Bingo!

Question 1

common cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised patients

Answer 1

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Question 2

MCC of atypical/walking pneumonia

Answer 2

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 3

common causative agent for pneumonia in alcoholics

Answer 3

Klebsiella

Question 4

can cause an interstitial pneumonia in bird handlers

Answer 4

Chlamydophila psittaci

Question 5

often cause of pneumonia in pt w/ hx exposure to bats and bat droppings

Answer 5

histoplasmosis

Question 6

often cause of pneumonia in pt who has recently visited Southern California, New Mexico, or West Texas

Answer 6

coccidiomycosis

Question 7

pneumonia associated w/ “currant jelly” sputum

Answer 7

Klebsiella

Question 8

Q fever

Answer 8

Coxiella

Question 9

associated w/ pneumonia acquired from air conditioners

Answer 9

Legionella

Question 10

MCC pneumonia in children 1 year old or younger

Answer 10

RSV

Question 11

MCC pneumonia in neonate (birth-28 days)

Answer 11

GBS, E. coli

Question 12

MCC pneumonia in children and young adults (including college students, military recruits, and prison inmates)

Answer 12

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 13

MCC viral pneumonia

Answer 13

RSV

Question 14

causes wool-sorter’s disease (life-threatening pneumonia)

Answer 14

Bacillus anthracis

Question 15

common pneumonia in ventilator pts and those w/ cystic fibrosis

Answer 15

Pseudomonas, MRSA

Question 16

Pontiac fever

Answer 16

Legionella

Question 17

weak pulses in upper extremities

Answer 17

Takayasu arteritis

Question 18

granulomas of lung, glomerulonephritis, c-ANCA positive

Answer 18

granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener’s granulomatosis)

Question 19

necrotizing immune complex inflammation of visceral/renal vessels

Answer 19

polyarteritis nodosa

Question 20

2 y/o Asian female

Answer 20

Kawasaki dz

Question 21

20 y/o Asian female

Answer 21

Takayasu arteritis

Question 22

young male smokers

Answer 22

thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger disease)

Question 23

young asthmatics

Answer 23

eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)

Question 24

infants and young children; involves coronary arteries

Answer 24

Kawasaki disease

Question 25

most common vasculitis

Answer 25

giant cell arteritis

Question 26

associated with hepatitis B or C infection

Answer 26

polyarteritis nodosa

Question 27

occlusion of ophthalmic artery can lead to blindness

Answer 27

giant cell arteritis

Question 28

perforation of nasal septum

Answer 28

granulomatosis w/ polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis)

Question 29

u/l headache, jaw claudication

Answer 29

giant cell arteritis

Question 30

IF: granular pattern of immune complex deposition; LM: diffuse capillary thickening

Answer 30

membranous GN, diffuse proliferative GN

Question 31

IF: granular pattern of immune complex deposition; LM: hypercellular glomeruli

Answer 31

PSGN

Question 32

IF: linear pattern of immune complex deposition

Answer 32

Goodpasture syndrome

Question 33

IF: deposition of IgG, IgM, IgA, and C3 in the mesangium

Answer 33

PSGN

Question 34

EM: subendothelial humps and "tram track" appearance

Answer 34

MPGN

Question 35

nephritis, deafness, cataracts

Answer 35

Alport syndrome

Question 36

LM: crescent formation in the glomeruli

Answer 36

RPGN

Question 37

LM: segmental sclerosis and hyalinosis

Answer 37

FSGS

Question 38

IG: anti-GBM antibodies

Answer 38

Goodpasture syndrome

Question 39

LM: Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesions

Answer 39

diabetic nephropathy

Question 40

purpura on backs of arms and legs, abdominal pain, IgA nephropathy

Answer 40

Henoch-Schonlein purpura

Question 41

EM: spiking of GBM d/t electron-dense subepithelial deposits

Answer 41

membranous GN

Question 42

asplenic pt (d/t surgical splenectomy or autosplenectomy, eg, chronic sickle cell dz) (bug)

Answer 42

encapsulated microbes, especially SHiN (S. pneumo >> Hib > N. meningitidis)

Question 43

branching rods in oral infection, sulfur granules

Answer 43

Actinomyces israelii

Question 44

chronic granulomatous dz (bug)

Answer 44

catalase + organisms, especially S. aureus

Question 45

"currant jelly sputum"

Answer 45

Klebsiella

Question 46

dog or cat bite

Answer 46

Pasteurella multocida

Question 47

facial nerve palsy (bug)

Answer 47

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme dz)

Question 48

fungal infection in diabetic or immunocompromised pt

Answer 48

Mucor or Rhizopus spp.

Question 49

health care provider (bug)

Answer 49

HBV (from needlestick)

Question 50

neutropenic pts (bug)

Answer 50

Candida albicans (systemic), Aspergillus

Question 51

organ transplant recipient (bug)

Answer 51

CMV

Question 52

PAS + (bug)

Answer 52

Tropheryma whipplei (Whipple dz)

Question 53

pediatric infection (bug)

Answer 53

Hib (including epiglottitis)

Question 54

pneumonia in CF, burn infection

Answer 54

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 55

pus, empyema, abscess (bug)

Answer 55

S. aureus

Question 56

rash on hands and feet (bugs)

Answer 56

Coxsackie A virus, Treponema pallidum, Rickettsia rickettsii

Question 57

sepsis/meningitis in newborn

Answer 57

group B strep

Question 58

surgical wound (bug)

Answer 58

S. aureus

Question 59

traumatic open wound (bug)

Answer 59

Clostridium perfringens