Micro Buzzwords Flashcards
(35 cards)
broad based budding yeast
blastomyces
bull neck
corynebacterium diphtheriae
catcher’s stance
H. flu type b
cherry red epiglottitis
H. flu type b
cold-agglutinin +
mycoplasma pneumoniae
consumption
TB
cottage cheese granuloma
TB
currant jelly sputum
Klebsiella pneumoniae
dented helmets
Pneumocystisi jiroveci/carinii
downey cell
EBV (heterophile +), CMV (heterophile -)
farmer’s lung
allergic aspergillosis, thermophilic actinomyces
fungal ball
aspergillosis (aspergilloma)
grape-like smell in culture
pseudomonas aeruginosa
green sputum in CF pts
pseudomonas aeruginosa
grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar
H. flu
heterophile antibody-positive
EBV
kidney bean-shaped diplococci
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
koplik spot
measles
lancet-shaped diplococci
strep pneumo
many PMNs in sputum, no organisms seen
mycoplasma pneumoniae
mediastinal widening
bacillus anthracis
nonfermenter
acinetobacter, bordatella, burkholderia, legionella, Moraxella, pseudomonas
owl’s eye inclusion
EBV
parrot fever
chlamydophila psittaci