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Trachoma: C. Trachomatis types A-C, chronic keratoconjunctivitis

Genital tract infections: C. Trachomatis types D-K, most common cause of STDs, associated with Reiter’s syndrome

Late-onset neonatal pneumonia: C. Trachomatis types D-K, staccato cough

Lymphogranuloma venereum: C. Trachomatis types L1-L3, suppurative inguinal lymphadenitis (buboes), positive FREI test

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Chlamydia trachomatis

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UTI: most common cause of community acquired UTIs

Neonatal meningitis: 2nd most common cause

Traveler’s diarrhea: causative agent: ETEC

HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME: causative strain - EHEC, E. coli 0157:H7; toxin- verotoxin (Shiga-like); triad- thrombocytopenia, anemia, renal failure; associated food- undercooked beef

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Escherichia coli

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Enterocolitis: causative strain: salmonella enteriditis; abdominal pain and nonbloody diarrhea

Typhoid fever: causative strain- salmonella typhi; W1-stepladder fever, relative bradycardia (pulse fever disproportion)
W2- rose spots, abdominal pain
W3- bleeding, eleitis
W4- death or recovery

Sepsis: causative strain- salmonella cholerasois, osteomyelitis in patients with sickle cell

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Salmonella spp

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Pruritis of scalp on trunk; nits seen on hair shaft

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Pediculus humanus (lice)

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Pruritis in pubic area; nits seen on hair shaft

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Phthirus pubis (lice)

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Pruritic, painful and erythematous nodule; larva may be seen emerging from nodule

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Dermatitis hominis (flies)

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Pruritic, erythematous wheal

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Cimex lectularius (bedbugs)

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Pruritic, erythematous papules, and linear tracks

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Sarcoptes scabei (mites)

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Ascending paralysis

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Dermacentor (ticks)

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Wading in floodwaters

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Leptospira interrogans

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Swimming in lakes

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Naegleria fowleri

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Unpasteurized milk

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Listeria monocytogenes

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AIDS

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Head trauma

Otitis media

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Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Living in close quarters

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Neisseria meningitidis

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Unvaccinated children

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Haemophilus influenzae

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Prominent thick, gray, pseudomembranes over tonsils and throat

Complications: airway obstruction, myocarditis, cranial nerve and/or muscle paralysis

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Tumbling motility

Early-onset neonatal listeriosis (granulomatosis infantiseptica)

Late-onset neonatal meningitis

Adult meningitis

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Toxin: tetanospasmin

Strong muscle spasm (spastic paralysis, tetany)

Lockjaw (trismus)

Risus sardonicus

Opisthotonos

Respiratory failure

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Clostridium tetani

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Gas gangrene (clostridial myenecrosis)

  • pain, edema and cellulitis with crepitation
  • hemolysis and jaundice are common (alpha toxin)
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Clostridium perfringens

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Bright red cheek rash (slapped cheeks)

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Erythema infectiosum (fifth disease)

ParvovirusB19

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In children with sickle cell

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Aplastic crisis

Parvovirus B19

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2nd trimester: hydrops fetalis

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Fetal infection

Parvovirus B19

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Formation of cytoplasmic vacuole (koilocytes)

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Human papilloma virus

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Skin and plantar warts

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HPV 1-4

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Anogenital warts (condylomata acuminata)

Most common viral STD

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HPV-6 and 11

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Carcinoma of cervix, penis and anus, vulva

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HPV-16,18,31,33

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29
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Multinucleated giant cells on Tzanck smear

COWDRY type A bodies on brain biopsy

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Herpes simplex virus

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Gingivostomatitis, herpes labialis, keratoconjunctivitis, temporal lobe encephalitis, herpes whitlow (fingers), herpes gladiatorum (trunk)

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HSV-1

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Genital herpes

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HSV-2

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Replicates in motor neurons in anterior horm cells of spinal cord, causing paralysis

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Poliovirus

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Herpangina, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, hemorrhagic conjunctivitis

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Coxsackie virus type A

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Myocarditis and pericarditis

Most common cause of aseptic meningitis (most common cause is enterovirus)

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Coxsackie virus type B

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35
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Centrifugal rash 2 weeks after respiratory infection (dewdrop on a rose appearance)

SHINGLES occurs during reactivation

Site of latency: dorsal root ganglion

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Varicella zoster virus

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Most common cause of congenital abnormalities

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Congenital CMV infection

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37
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Heterophil-negative mononucleosis

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CMV

Systemic CMV infections in immunocompromised patients

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Kissing disease

Splenic rupture is a rare complication

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Infectious mononucleosis (EBV)

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Malignancies: Burkitt’s lymphoma (Africans), B-cell lymphomas, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (Chinese), hairy leukoplakia in AIDS patients

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EBV

40
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Infective form: Dane particle

Necrotic hepatocytes (Councilmam bodies)

Cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

Associate with autoimmune vasculitides (polyarthritis nodosa)

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Hepatitis B

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No chronic carrier state
No cirrhosis
No hepatocellular carcinoma
High mortality in pregnant woman

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Hepatitis E

42
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Most common cause of nonbacterial diarrhea in adults

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Norwalk virus (Norovirus)

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Most common cause of childhood diarrhea

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Rotavirus

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Capable of undergoing antigenic shifts and drifts

Clinical presentation: fever, myalgias, headache, pharyngitis, and cough

Complications: staphylococcal pneumonia, Reye’s syndrome

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Influenza virus

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HP: Warthin-Finkeldey bodies

Pathognomonic Koplik spots (brightn red lesions with a white, central dot on buccal mucosa

Maculopapular rash

Complications: encephalitis, pneumonia, subacute sclerosing, panencephalitis

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Measles virus

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Tender swelling of the parotid glands (parotitis)
Increase in pain when drinking citrus fruits

Complications: orchitis, meningitis

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Mumps virus

47
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Most important cause of pneumonia and bronchiolitis in infants

Severe disease in infants due to immunologic cross reaction with maternal antibodies

DOC: Ribovirin

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Respiratory syncitial virus

48
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Most prevalent blood-borne pathogen

Autoimmune reactions (thyroiditis, autoantibodies, MPGN, PCT, DM

Main cause of essential mixed cryoglobulinemia

Tx: Ribovirin

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Hepatitis C

49
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Posterior auricular LAD

Immune-complex polyarthritis in adults

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German measles (rubella)

50
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PDA, congenital cataracts, sensorineural deafness, mental retardation

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Congenital rubella syndrome

51
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Vector: aedes aegypti

Influenza like syndrome with maculopapular rash and severe pains in muscles and joints (breakbone fever)

Hemorrhagic shock due to cross-reacting antibody during 2nd dengue infection

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Dengue virus

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Animal reservoir: horseshoe bat

Atypical pneumonia rapidly progressing to ARDS

Virus binds to ACE-2 receptor

Chest x-ray: non cavitary β€œground glass” infiltrates

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (Coronavirus)

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HP: Negri bodies

Confusion, lethargy, hypersalivation, laryngospasm leads to hydrophobia

Invariably fatal when encephalitis develops

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Rabies virus

54
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Characterized by inspiratory stridor, cough and hoarseness

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Laryngotracheobronchitis (croup)

Parainfluenza virus 1 & 2

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Steeple X-ray sign

Stenosis on subglottic swelling

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Parainfluenza 1 & 2

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Infectious proteins route agents

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

Kuru - kuria/guria = to shake

Variant CJD (vCJD)

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker (GSS syndrome)

Fetal familial insomnia

Sporadic fatal insomnia

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Prions

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Characterized by inspiratory stridor, cough and hoarseness

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Laryngotracheobronchitis (croup)

Parainfluenza virus 1 & 2

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Steeple X-ray sign

Stenosis on subglottic swelling

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Parainfluenza 1 & 2

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Infectious proteins route agents

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

Kuru - kuria/guria = to shake

Variant CJD (vCJD)

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker (GSS syndrome)

Fetal familial insomnia

Sporadic fatal insomnia

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Prions

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Hypopigmented areas

Spaghetti and meatballs appearance on 10% KOH

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Malassezia Furfur

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Associated occupation: gardener

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Sporothrix Schenckii

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Lung infiltrates, adenopathy or effusions

Erythema nodosum (dessert bumps)

Arthralgias

Meningitis

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Coccidioides immitis

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Closely mimics TB
Chronic pneumonia
Erythema nodosum
Tongue ulcerations in AIDS patients

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Histoplasma capsulatum

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Dimorphic yeast
Chronic pneumonia
Ulcerated granulomas
Lytic bone lesions 
Prostatis
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Blastomyces dermatidis

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Oral thrush
Vulvovaginitis (curd-like discharge)
Intertrigo
Skin infections (satellite lesions)
Onchomycosis
Esophagitis
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Candida albicans

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Primary infection: asymptomatic pneumonia
Meningitis
Encephalitis
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Thick gelatinous lesion
Soap-bubble lesion in the meninges or Virchow-Robin spaces

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Aspergilloma (fungus ball) lung cavities

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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Mild disease: fever, muscle pain, periorbital edema, eosinophilia and hemorrhagic phenomena (subconjunctival, splinter)

Severe disease: myocarditis, encephalitis, pneumonia, respiratory myositis

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Trichinella spiralis

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Hypopigmented areas

Spaghetti and meatballs appearance on 10% KOH

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Malassezia Furfur

70
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Associated occupation: gardener

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Sporothrix Schenckii

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Lung infiltrates, adenopathy or effusions

Erythema nodosum (dessert bumps)

Arthralgias

Meningitis

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Coccidioides immitis

72
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Closely mimics TB
Chronic pneumonia
Erythema nodosum
Tongue ulcerations in AIDS patients

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Histoplasma capsulatum

73
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Dimorphic yeast
Chronic pneumonia
Ulcerated granulomas
Lytic bone lesions 
Prostatis
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Blastomyces dermatidis

74
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Oral thrush
Vulvovaginitis (curd-like discharge)
Intertrigo
Skin infections (satellite lesions)
Onchomycosis
Esophagitis
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Candida albicans

75
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Primary infection: asymptomatic pneumonia
Meningitis
Encephalitis
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Thick gelatinous lesion
Soap-bubble lesion in the meninges or Virchow-Robin spaces

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Cryptococcus neoformans

76
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Aspergilloma (fungus ball) lung cavities

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

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Aspergillus fumigatus

77
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Hypopigmented areas

Spaghetti and meatballs appearance on 10% KOH

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Malassezia Furfur

78
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Associated occupation: gardener

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Sporothrix Schenckii

79
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Lung infiltrates, adenopathy or effusions

Erythema nodosum (dessert bumps)

Arthralgias

Meningitis

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Coccidioides immitis

80
Q

Closely mimics TB
Chronic pneumonia
Erythema nodosum
Tongue ulcerations in AIDS patients

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Histoplasma capsulatum

81
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Dimorphic yeast
Chronic pneumonia
Ulcerated granulomas
Lytic bone lesions 
Prostatis
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Blastomyces dermatidis

82
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Oral thrush
Vulvovaginitis (curd-like discharge)
Intertrigo
Skin infections (satellite lesions)
Onchomycosis
Esophagitis
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Candida albicans

83
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Primary infection: asymptomatic pneumonia
Meningitis
Encephalitis
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Thick gelatinous lesion
Soap-bubble lesion in the meninges or Virchow-Robin spaces

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Cryptococcus neoformans

84
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Aspergilloma (fungus ball) lung cavities

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

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Aspergillus fumigatus

85
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Hypopigmented areas

Spaghetti and meatballs appearance on 10% KOH

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Malassezia Furfur

86
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Associated occupation: gardener

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Sporothrix Schenckii

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Lung infiltrates, adenopathy or effusions

Erythema nodosum (dessert bumps)

Arthralgias

Meningitis

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Coccidioides immitis

88
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Closely mimics TB
Chronic pneumonia
Erythema nodosum
Tongue ulcerations in AIDS patients

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Histoplasma capsulatum

89
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Dimorphic yeast
Chronic pneumonia
Ulcerated granulomas
Lytic bone lesions 
Prostatis
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Blastomyces dermatidis

90
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Oral thrush
Vulvovaginitis (curd-like discharge)
Intertrigo
Skin infections (satellite lesions)
Onchomycosis
Esophagitis
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Candida albicans

91
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Primary infection: asymptomatic pneumonia
Meningitis
Encephalitis
India ink
Thick gelatinous lesion
Soap-bubble lesion in the meninges or Virchow-Robin spaces

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Cryptococcus neoformans

92
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Aspergilloma (fungus ball) lung cavities

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

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Aspergillus fumigatus

93
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Primary syphilis: reaches inguinal lymph nodes within hours, characteristic lesion is painless chancre

Secondary syphilis: characteristic lesion - condylomata lata, lymphadenopathy, malaise, anorexia

Tertiary syphilis: characteristic lesion - gummas, dorsal columns affected (tabes dorsalis), CNS involvement (demential paralytica), argyll-robertson pupil, aortitis due to invasion of vasa vasorum

Congenital syphilis: snuffles/saddle nose, mulberry molars, Hutchinson’s triad (Hutchinson teeth, deafness, keratitis), sabre shins, rhagades (angle of mouth), Higoumenakis sign (clavicle), Clutton’s joints (synovitis), pulmonary hemorrhage

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Treponema pallidum