Micro Buzzwords Flashcards
(120 cards)
1
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bleach-like odor in culture
A
Eikenella Corrodens
2
Q
bulls-eye rash
A
borrelia burgdorferi
3
Q
cavities
A
strep mutans
4
Q
bug causing colon cancer
A
strep bovis
5
Q
germ tubes
A
candida albicans
6
Q
grape-like odor
A
pseudomonas aeruginosa
7
Q
green pigment in culture
A
pseudomonas aeruginosa
8
Q
prosthetics
A
staph epidermidis
9
Q
Romaña sign
A
Chagas – Trypanosoma cruzi
10
Q
St. Vitus Dance
A
Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus (acute rheumatic fever)
11
Q
scalded skin syndrome
A
staph aureus
12
Q
scarlet fever
A
strep pyrogenes (group A)
13
Q
Anti-C5a peptidase
A
strep pyrogenes (group A)
14
Q
opisthotones (pronounced back arch)
A
clostridium tetany
15
Q
drum stick appearance
A
clostridium tetany
16
Q
flaccid paralysis
A
clostridium botulinum
17
Q
lock jaw
A
clostridium tetany
18
Q
lecithinase
A
clostridium perfringens
19
Q
pseudomembranous enterocolitis
A
C. difficile
20
Q
anthrax
A
bacillus anthracis
21
Q
periodontitis
A
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
22
Q
lumpy jaw
A
Actinomyces israelii
23
Q
Sulfur granules
A
Actinomyces israelii
24
Q
Gram positive branching rods
A
actinomyces
25
calcofluor white stain
candida albicans
26
dewdrop on a rose petal
HSV-1
27
Tzanck Smear
HSV-1
28
Cowdry type A intranuclear inclusion body
herpes
29
hand, foot and mouth disease
Coxsackievirus A16
30
undercooked poultry
campylobacter jejuni
31
assoc with Guillain-Barre
Campylobacter jejuni
32
grows at 42C
Campylobacter jejuni
33
colorless E. coli colonies
EHEC - rest are pink
34
renal failure, anemia, thrombocytopenia
Hemolytic uremic syndrome - EHEC
35
H2S positive
Salmonella
36
Turtles
Non-typhoidal Salmonella
37
Gallbladder Reservior
Typhoidal Salmonella
38
rose spots
typhoidal salmonella
39
Hektoen enteric agar
Salmonella (not all S. typhi are positive though)
40
resembles appendicitis
yersinia enterocolitica
41
grows at 4C
Yersinia enterocolitica & Listeria
42
rice water stools
Vibrio cholerae
43
TCBS agar
green to orange, V. cholerae
| sucrose fermented
44
shooting star motility
V. cholerae
45
halophilic marine - consumption of raw shellfish
vibrio parahaemolyticus
46
Montezuma's revenge
ETEC
47
actin jets
Listeria monocytogenes
48
deli meat, soft cheeses
listeria monocytogenes
49
CAMP test
Listeria monocytogenes &
| strep agalactiae
50
heat stable 100C for 30min
Staphylococcus aureus
51
constipation
C. botulinum & S. typhi
52
floppy baby syndrome
C. botulinum
53
cooked rice
Bacillus cereus
54
urea breath test
Helicobacter pylori
55
septic shock from nicking colon during surgery
bacteroides fragilis
56
whipple disease
tropheryma whippelii
57
dementia, vertical ophthalmoplegia, oculomasticatory myorhythmia
tropheryma whippelii
58
rabbit fever
francisella tularensis
59
acid fast oocyst
cryptosporidium
60
barrel shapped eggs with plugged ends
whipworm - trichuris trichiura
61
beaver fever
giardia lablia
62
black vomit
yellow fever
63
chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients
C. parvum
64
Clay pipestream fibrosis
S. mansoni
65
Cysticercosis
pork tapeworm: taenia solium
66
dane particle
Hepatitis B
67
flasked-shaped lesions
entamoeba histolytica
68
hydatid cyst disease
Echinococcus granulosus, E. multilocularis
69
petting zoos
EHEC
70
megaloblastic anemia
Fish tapeworm: diphyllobothrium latum
71
oval-shaped eggs, lateral spine
Schistosome mansoni
72
rectal prolapse
Whipworm: trichuris trichiura
73
seagull wings
campylobacter jejuni
74
scotch tape prep
Pinworm: enterobius vermicularis
75
sushi worm
Anisakiasis: anisakis simplex
76
gas gangrene
C. perfringens
77
"falling leaf motility"
Giardia lamblia
78
knobby-coated, oval-shaped, bile-stained eggs
Roundworm: ascaris lumbricoides
79
cruise ships
norwalk virus
80
coats itself with LDL or VLDL
hepatitis C
81
E-NANBH
Hepatitis E, a norovirus -- serious in pregnant women
82
cost common cause of common cold
Rhinovirus, a Picornavirus
83
33C replication
rhinovirus, Corona virus
84
attach ICAM-1
Rhinovirus, a Picornavirus
85
orchitis in 50% postpubertal males
mumps - paramyxovirus
86
Laryngotracheobronchitis (stridor) “barking cough”
parainfluenza virus
87
koplick spots
measles
88
3 C's - Cough, coryza, Conjunctivitis
Measles
89
maculopapular rash below ears and spreads to body
Measles
90
Sin Nombre
Bunyavirus
91
pulmonary capillary leak syndrome
Hantavirus - Bunyavirus
92
broad-based budding yeast
Blastomyces
93
Bull Neck
C. diphtheriae
94
Catcher's stance
Haemophilus influenzae type b
95
Cherry Red Epiglottitis
Haemophilus influenzae type b
96
Cold-agglutinin positive
Mycoplasma pneumoniae
97
currant Jelly Sputum
Klebsiella pneumoniae
98
dented helmets
pneumocystis jiroveci
99
Downey Cell
EBV
100
Farmer's Lung
Aspergillus
101
Fungal Ball
Aspergillus
102
Grows on chocolate, not Blood
H. influenzae
103
Lancet-shaped diplococci
S. pneumoniae
104
Mediastinal widening
Bacillus Anthracis
105
Parrot fever
Chlamydophila psittaci
106
Pilot's Wheel
Paracoccidioidomycosis
107
Rust-colored sputum
S. pneumoniae, P. westermani
108
Safety-pin staining (bipolar)
Yersinia pestis
109
Salmon colored sputum
S. aureus
110
Spherule
coccidiomycosis
111
Swimming-pool conjunctivitis
Adenovirus serotypes 3, 4, 7
112
Valley Fever
Coccidioides immitis
113
Weakly acid fast branching rods
Norcardia
114
wool-sorter disease
Bacillus anthracis
115
Serpentine arrangement
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
116
K antigens
E. coli
117
struvite
proteus mirabilis
118
chorioamnionitis
ureaplasma urealyticum
119
honeymoon cystitis
staph saprophyticus
120
pediatric hemorrhagic cystitis
Adenovirus 11
