Microbiology Flashcards
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What organism causes achalasia?
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Trypanosoma crusi (Chaga’s disease)
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Organism causing rectal prolapse
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Trichuris trichuria
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Most common cause of atypical pneumoniae
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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No cell wall
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Organism that gives a (+) cold agglutinin
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
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Fried egg appearance
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Myocoplasma
Oligodendroglioma
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Etiologic agent of bronchiolitis
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RSV
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Most common cause of infantile diarrhea
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RSV
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Vector for the Japanese encephalitis
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Culex
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India Ink
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Cryptococcus neoformans
encapsulated yeast
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In a low resource setting, what is used to diagnose chlamydia
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Giemsa stain
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Most common cause of non-gonoccocal urethritis
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Chlamydia
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Blindness secondary to chlamydial infection is secondary to
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Corneal scarring
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Special stain used for cryptosporidium
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Modified (Kinyoun’s) Acid Fast
Causes diarrhea
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Most common cause of infectious diarrhea in an AIDS patient
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Cryptosporidium
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Smear for Herpes
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Tzanck smear
DOC: Acyclovir
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Flask-shaped ulcers colon
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Entamoeba hystolitica
Invaded layer: submucosa
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Amebic abscess (liver abscess) is caused by
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Entamoeba hystolitica
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Anchovy paste appearance
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Amoebic abscess (E. hystolicta)
Most feared complication: Amoebic pericarditis
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Spaghetti and meatballs
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Tinea Versicolor (Pityriasis)
Malassezia furfur
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Sporotrix Shenckii
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Rose garderner’s disease
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Mariner’s wheel/Pilot’s wheel
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Paracoccidiodes Brasilienses
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Broad-based budding yeast
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Blastomyces dermatitidis
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Stain used in P. jiroveci
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Methenamine Silver
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DOC of P. jiroveci
TMP-SMX
Back-up drug: Pentamidine
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Most common cause of pneumonia in AIDS patient
P. jiroveci
Order of infection:
MTB > P. jiroveci > MAI
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Oriental lung fluke
Paragonimus westermani
PTB-like symptoms (hemoptysis)
Pulmonary distomiasis
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Eating raw cray fish or raw crabs
Paragonimus westermani
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Organism associated with cholangiocarcinoma
Clonorchis sinensis
Chinese liver fluke
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Re-heated fried rice
B. cereus
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Urinary bladder CA
Schistosoma hematobium
He-matobium cases He-maturia
Terminal spine
DOC: Praziquantel
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Intermediate host for S. japonicum
Oncomelania quadrasi
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Katayama fever
S. japonicum
Lateral spine
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Swimmer's itch
S. japonicum
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Intermediate host of C. philippinensis
Pila Luzonica
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Areas endemic to schistosomiasis
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Mindoro Oriental
Sorsogon
Samar
Leyte
Bohol
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By region:
Surigao, Agusan del Norte
Northern Samar
Eastern Samar
Leyte
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Neurocysticercosis
Taenia solium
| Pork tapeworm
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Most common CNS infection in the WORLD
Neurocysticercosis
Presents with: SEIZURES and HEADACHE
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Hydatid cyst
Dog tapeworm
Echinococcus granulosis
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Most common cause of splenic cyst (if parasitic)
Echinococcus granulosus
Dog tapeworm
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Diphylobothrium latum leads to
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Megaloblastic or pernicious anemia
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Longest tapeworm
Diphylobothrium latum
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Loeffler's syndrome (type of pneumonia)
Ascaris lumbricoides
Erratic/wandering behavior
Scariest worm
Most common parasite in the Philippines
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DOC for Ascaris lumbricoides
Pyrantel pamoate
| Mebendazole
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Scotch tape method
E. vermicularis
Pinworm, seatworm
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Pruritus ani
E. vermicularis
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DOC for E. vermicularis
Pyrantel pamoate
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Organisms that cause auto-infection
Enterobious
| Strongylodes
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Bipolar plugs ova
Trichuris trichiura
Nipple or lemon shape
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Complication of whipwhorm
Complication: rectal prolapse
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Loa-Loa
Deerfly
2 discrete nuclei at the tail
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Calabar swelling
Loa Loa
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Black eschar
Bacillus anthracis (cutaneous)
Malignant pustule
Painless ulcers
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Woolsorter's disease
Bacillus anthrax (pulmonary)
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Cutaneous larva migrans
Ancyclostoma brasilienses
"A cute Brasilian"
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Visceral larva migrans
Toxocara canis
Affects the sclera
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River blindness
Onchocerca volvulus
Vector: black fly
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Medusa head colonies
Bacillus anthrax
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Myonecrosis
Gas gangrene
Clostridium perfringens
Crepitations: gas in the subcutaneous tissue
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Treatment for myonecrosis
Hyperbaric oxygen
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Bend's disease is also known as
Caisson's disease/Cheyne stoke's
Treatment: hyperbaric oxygen (for anaerobic infection)
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Death march of Bataan
Gas gangrene
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Friedlander's bacillus is also known as
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Currant jelly sputum/colonies
Klebsiella pneumoniae
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Falling leaf motility
Giardia lamblia
Smiling face with a prominent eyes
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Shanghai fever
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Bacillus pyocyanius
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pyocyanin (blue pus)
2 pigments: pyoverdin and pyocyanin
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Most common ventilator-associated pnuemonia
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Organism most commonly seen in extensive burns
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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2 infections in cystic fibrosis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
| Staph aureus
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Fruity/grape-like odor
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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DOC for Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ceftazidime
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Icthyma gangrenosum
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Decubitus ulcer
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Yellow sulfur granules
Actinomyces israeli
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Lumpy jaw
Actinomyces israeli
Presenting as abscess in the jaw
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Diabetic with black nasal discharges/granules
Mucor mycosis
Fatal
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Tumbling motility
Listeria monocytogenes
Neonatal meningitis
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Organism associated with unpasteurized milk and coleslaw
Listeria monocytogenes
| Brucella
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Airconditioned units
Legionella
Pneumonia with hyponatremia
Cooling towers
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Pontiac fever
Legionella + high grade fever
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Packs of cigars
Myocbacterium leprae
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Cigar-shaped yeast
Sporothrix shenckii
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Hansen's disease is also known as
Leprosy
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Chinese character appearance
Corynebacterium diptheriae
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Shepherd's crook
Chilomastix mesnili
"Shepherds have stix"
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Bacteria presents as school of fish appearance
Lymphogranuloma venerum
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Draughtsman or carom coin appearance
Pneumococci
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Relapsing fever
Borellia recurrentis
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Malta fever
Brucella
Undulant fever
Relapsing fever
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Organism associated with colon CA? gastric CA? Cholangiocarcinoma? Cervical CA?
Colon: Strep. bovis
Gastric: H. pylori
Cholangiocarcinoma: Chlonorchis sinensis
Cervical CA: HPV 16 and 18
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EBV is associated with?
Nasopharyngeal CA
| Burkitt's lymphoma
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Anasakis is associated with what CA
Stomach CA
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Organism associated with Lyme disease
Borrelia burgdorferi
Ixodes tick
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Rash associated with Lyme disease
Erythema chonicum migrans
Target/Bull's eye lesion
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Ixodes tick is associated with
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Babesia microti
Lyme disease (Borrelia)
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Rocky mountain spotted fever
Rickettsia rickettsi
Camping or great outdoor
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Recrudescent typhus
Rickettsiae prowazekii
Brill-Zeinsser disease
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Q fever
Coxiella burnetti
Only rickettsial species not transmitted by arthropods
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Only rickettsial species not transmitted by arthropods
Coxiella burnetti (Q fever)
Transmitted through fomites
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Safety pin appearance
Yersinia pestis
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Bubonic plague
Yersinia pestis
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What causes tissue damage in PTB
Cord factor (trehalose mycolate)
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Cherry red colonies
Serratia marcescens
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Golden yellow colonies
Staphyloccocus aureus
Yellow pigment ~ Staphyloxanthin
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UTI in young sexually active female
Staph. saprophyticus
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Most common etiologic agent of UTI
E. coli
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Food poisoning associated with mayonnaise
Staphylococcal food poisoning
Picnic/party with N/V and diarrhea
Toxin: Enterotoxin
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Swarming growth
Proteus mirabilis/vulgaris
UTI and kidney stones (staghorn calculi)
Swarming growth is due to the flagella (peritrichous)
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Urease-producing organisms
H. pylori
| Proteus
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Colonies show a stalactile growth
Yersinia pestis
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Greenish metallic sheen
E. coli
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Honeymoon cystitis
E. coli
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Bacteriologic index of water
E. coli
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Montezuma's revenge
E. coli
Traveller's diarrhea
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Type of E. coli that causes HUS
Enterohemorrhagic
Shiga-like toxin, Veratoxin
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Serotype of HUS in children
Serotype 0157
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Thayer Martin culture
Neisseria
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Squamous epithelial cells surrounded by bacteria
Clue cells
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Clue cells
Bacterial vaginosis
To diagnose: Amsel's criteria
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Fishy odor of the vagina
Bacterial vaginosis
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Strawberry cervix
Trichomonas vaginalis
DOC: Metronidazole
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Whiff's test
Bacterial vaginosis
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Bullet-shaped organism
rabies
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Incomplete virus
Hepatitis D
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Beneficial enteric bacteria
Lactobacillus
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Pea soup stool + rose spots
Typhoid fever (S. typhi)
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Rice water stool
Cholera
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Auramine rhodamine stain is also known as the
Acid fast stain
Used for PTB
