RAPID REVIEW KEY ASSOCIATIONS Flashcards
Mitochondrial inheritance
Disease occurs in both males and females, inherited through females only
Intellectual disability
Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome
Vitamin deficiency (USA)
Folate (pregnant women are at high risk; body stores only 3- to 4-month supply; prevents neural tube defects)
Bacterial meningitis (adults and elderly)
pneumoniae
Bacterial meningitis (newborns and kids)
Group B streptococcus/E coli/Listeria monocytogenes (newborns), S pneumoniae/N meningitidis (kids/teens)
HLA-DR3
Diabetes mellitus type 1, SLE, Graves disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis (also associated with HLA-DR5), Addison disease
HLA-DR4
Diabetes mellitus type 1, rheumatoid arthritis, Addison disease
H pylori
Bacteria associated with gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric malignancies (eg, adenocarcinoma, MALToma)
Opportunistic infection in AIDS
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia
Helminth infection (US) PICA CULO
Enterobius vermicularis
Viral encephalitis affecting temporal lobe
HSV-1
Infection 2° to blood transfusion
Hepatitis C
Food poisoning (exotoxin mediated)
S aureus, B cereus
Osteomyelitis
S aureus (most common overall)
Osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease
Salmonella
Osteomyelitis with IV drug use
Pseudomonas, Candida, S aureus
UTI
E coli, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (young women)
Sexually transmitted disease
C trachomatis (usually coinfected with N gonorrhoeae)
Nosocomial pneumonia
S aureus, Pseudomonas, other enteric gram ⊝ rods(BACTEROIDES absceso)
Pelvic inflammatory disease
C trachomatis, N gonorrhoeae
Infections in chronic granulomatous disease
S aureus, E coli, Aspergillus (catalase ⊕)
Metastases to bone
Prostate, breast > kidney, thyroid, lung
Metastases to brain
Lung > breast > melanoma, colon, kidney
Metastases to liver
Colon»_space; stomach > pancreas