Micro Buzzwords Flashcards

(35 cards)

1
Q

broad based budding yeast

A

blastomyces

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2
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bull neck

A

corynebacterium diphtheriae

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3
Q

catcher’s stance

A

H. flu type b

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4
Q

cherry red epiglottitis

A

H. flu type b

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5
Q

cold-agglutinin +

A

mycoplasma pneumoniae

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6
Q

consumption

A

TB

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7
Q

cottage cheese granuloma

A

TB

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8
Q

currant jelly sputum

A

Klebsiella pneumoniae

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9
Q

dented helmets

A

Pneumocystisi jiroveci/carinii

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10
Q

downey cell

A

EBV (heterophile +), CMV (heterophile -)

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11
Q

farmer’s lung

A

allergic aspergillosis, thermophilic actinomyces

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12
Q

fungal ball

A

aspergillosis (aspergilloma)

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13
Q

grape-like smell in culture

A

pseudomonas aeruginosa

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14
Q

green sputum in CF pts

A

pseudomonas aeruginosa

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15
Q

grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar

A

H. flu

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16
Q

heterophile antibody-positive

17
Q

kidney bean-shaped diplococci

A

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

18
Q

koplik spot

19
Q

lancet-shaped diplococci

20
Q

many PMNs in sputum, no organisms seen

A

mycoplasma pneumoniae

21
Q

mediastinal widening

A

bacillus anthracis

22
Q

nonfermenter

A

acinetobacter, bordatella, burkholderia, legionella, Moraxella, pseudomonas

23
Q

owl’s eye inclusion

24
Q

parrot fever

A

chlamydophila psittaci

25
pilot's wheel
paracoccidioides brasiliensis
26
rabbit fever
francisella tularensis
27
rust-colored sputum
strep pneumo, paragonimu westermani (lung fluke)
28
safety pin staining
Yersinia pestis
29
salmon-colored sputum
staph aureus
30
seal bark cough
paramyxovirus
31
spherule
coccidioides immitis
32
swimming pool conjunctivitis
adenovirus
33
valley fever
coccidioides
34
weakly acid fast branching rods
nocardia
35
wool-sorter disease
bacillus anthracis