10/7/12 b

Question 0

Single, roughly spherical structures that stain w/ silver stain found in bronchoalveolar lavage w/ biopsy describes _______.

Answer 0

Pneumocystis jiroveci

Question 1

What oncogene is associated w/ small cell lung cancer?

Answer 1

L-myc (not N-myc!)

Question 2

Which vaginal infection causes a grey discharge and a fishy smell?

Answer 2

Gardnerella is grey.

Question 3

Which ameoba will infect the brain’s of AIDS pts?

Answer 3

Acanthamoeba

Question 4

What are the Sx of Kallman syndrome?

Answer 4

amennorrhea, lack of secondary sexual characteristics ,and anosmia

Question 5

What is the defect in kallman’s syndrome?

Answer 5

inability of the ant. pituitary to secrete FSH and LH

Question 6

Which antifungals are CYP-450 inhibitors? Which HIV drugs?

Answer 6

Azoles; protease inhibitors (e.g. indinavir, saquinavir)

Question 7

Hi BP and proteinuria before 20 wks gestation is suggestive of _______.

Answer 7

hydatidiform mole

Question 8

What jaundice-causing disease is especially asscoiated w/ ulcerative colitis?

Answer 8

primary sclerosing cholangitis

Question 9

What characterizes prmary scleosing cholangitis on ERCP?

Answer 9

“beading” appearance of bile ducts - alternating strictures and dilation

Question 10

What are the special lab characteristics that differentiate GBS from other forms of Strep?

Answer 10

CAMP (+) (incomplete hemolysin) and bacitracin resistant

Question 11

Which fibers detect changes in muscle length and initiate tendon reflexes?

Answer 11

spindle afferents

Question 12

What neurons form the efferent part of the tendon reflex arc?

Answer 12

alpha motor neurons

Question 13

Which muscle fibers attach to spindle afferents and other proprioceptors?

Answer 13

intrafusal fibers

Question 14

What muscle fibers form the bulk of the muscle and do most of the contracting?

Answer 14

extrafusal fibers

Question 15

How does parvovirus B19 usually manifest in the adult?

Answer 15

transient arthralgia

Question 16

What ToRCHeS infection causes cutaneous hemorrhages, periventricular calcification, and deafness?

Answer 16

CMV

Question 17

Which ToRCHeS infection causes PDA, pulmonary stenosis, developmental problems, and blindness?

Answer 17

rubella

Question 18

What 3 (kinds of) conditions are target cells most commonly seen in?

Answer 18

thalassemias, Hb C disease, and liver disease

Question 19

What drugs often used to treat sequelae of metabolic syndrome will maks the signs of hypoglycemia?

Answer 19

beta-blockers

Question 20

What is methyldopa?

Answer 20

a centrally-acting alpha-agonist used for refractory htn

Question 21

Which apoprotein activates LPL, and is responsible for a rare form of primary hyperlipidemia, w/ esp. hi TGs?

Answer 21

C-II

Question 22

Which complement component is the most important for remnoval of immune complexes?

Answer 22

C3b