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1
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Most severe form of meningococcemia

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Waterhouse- friedrichsen syndrome (N. Meningitidis)

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Most common cause of urethritis

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Gonococcal urethritis (N. gonorrhoeae)

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Most common cause of PID

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N. Gonnorrhoeae

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Violin string adhesions

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Fitz hugh curtis syndrome

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Most common cause of septic arthritis in sexually active adults

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N. Gonorrhoeae

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N. Gonorrhoeae has a usual co infection with

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C. Trachomatis

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Organisms that cause sub acute bacterial endocarditis

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HACEK
Haemophilus aphrophilus
Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
Cardiobacterium hombis
Eikinella corrodens
Kingella kingae
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8
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Most common cause of human bite infection

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Eikenella corrodens

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9
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Satellite phenomenon around S. aureus colonies

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H. Influenzae

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10
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Most common cause of epiglottitis

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H. influenzae

  • thumb sign
  • cherry red epiglotitis
  • tx: ceftriaxone
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11
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Steeple sign

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Laryngotracheobronchitis
- parainfluenza
Tx: racemic epinephrine

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12
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Causes epiglotitis, meningitis, otitis media, pneumonia

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H. Influenzae

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2nd most common cause of otitis media

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H. Influenzae

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Cultured on regan- lowe charcoal medium

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Bordetella pertussis

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15
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Pathogenesis of bordetella pertussis’ whooping

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Tracheal cytotoxin

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16
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Visualize with silver stain

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Legionella pneumophila

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17
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Cultured on charcoal yeast extract agar

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Legionella pneumophila

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18
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3 most common cause of atypical pneumonia

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Legionella pneumophila
Chlamydia pneumoniae

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19
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Facultative intracellular bacteria

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Salmonella
Brucella
Mycobacterium
Listeria
Francisella
Legionella
Yersinia
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20
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green metallic sheen on EMB

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E. Coli

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21
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Lactose fermenters

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Citrobacter
Klebsiella
E. Coli
Enterobacter

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22
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Most common cause of community acquired UTI

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E. coli

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23
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2nd most common cause of neonatal meningitis

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E. coli

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24
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Causes of neonatal meningitis

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B grp streptococci (S. Agalactiae)
E. coli
Listeria monocytogenes

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25
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E. Coli strain of watery diarrhea (traveler’s diarrhea)

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ETEC

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26
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E. Coli strain of watery diarrhea of long duration, mostly in infants, often in developing countries

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EPEC

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27
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E. Coli strain of bloody diarrhea hemorrhagic colitis and HUS

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EHEC

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28
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E. Coli strain of bloody diarrhea

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EIEC

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29
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E. Coli strain of persistent watery diarrhea in children and patients infected with HIV

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EAEC

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30
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Cultured in xylose lysine deoxycholate medium(XLD)

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Salmonella spp.- produce h2s

Shigella- do not produce h2s

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31
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Most common cause of bacillary dysentery

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Shigella sonnei (duval’s bacillus)

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32
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Most severe form of bacillary dysentery

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Shigella dysenteriae type1- shiga bacillus

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33
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Most common cause of epidemic dysentery

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Shigella dysenteriae type 1- shiga bacillus

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34
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Shooting star motility

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Vibrio spp.

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35
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Cultured on TCBS agar

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Vibrio spp.

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36
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Rice water stools; washer woman’s hands, secretory diarrhea

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V. Cholera

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37
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Grows well at 42C on skirrows agar

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Campylobacter jejuni

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38
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Most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis

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Campylobacter jejuni

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39
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Associated with guillan barre and reiter’s syndrome

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Campylobacter jejuni

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40
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Triad of urethritis, uveitis, arthritis

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Reiter’s syndrome( cant pee cant see cant climb a tree)

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41
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Urease positive bacteria

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Proteus mirabilis
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Helicobacter pylori
Ureaplasma urealyticum

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42
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Facultative gram negative rods with large polysaccharide capsule

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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43
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Most common cause of pneumonia (necrotizing) in alcoholics

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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44
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Currant jelly sputum

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

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45
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Swarming motility

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Proteus mirabilis

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46
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Obligate aerobe

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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47
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Grown on cetrimide agar

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

48
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Blue green pigment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

49
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Hot tub folliculitis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

50
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Most common cause of otitis externa, malignant otitis externa in diabetics and chronic suppurative otitis media

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

51
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Ventilator acquired pneumonia

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

52
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Typhilitis, shanghai fever

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

53
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3rd most common cause of nosocomial UTIs

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

54
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Ecthyma gangrenosum

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

55
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Undulating fever

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Brucella abortus

56
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Transmitted thru dermacentor ticks with rabbits as reservoir

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Francisella tularensis

57
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Most virulent bacteria

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Yersinia pestis

58
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Bubonic, pneumonic, septicemic plague

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Yersinia pestis

59
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Bipolar staining(safety pin)

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Yersinia pestis

60
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Buttery colonies with musty odor

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Pasteurella multocida

61
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Most important virulence factor of M. Tuberculosis

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Cord factor

62
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Langhan’s giant cells

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M. Tuberculosis

63
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Most common extrapulmonary form of TB

64
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Reservoir are humans and armadillos

65
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Leonine facies

66
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Bacteria with fungal like characteristics

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Actinomycetes

67
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Weakly acid fast in fite faraco stain

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Nocardia asteroides

68
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Smallest free living organisms

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

69
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Only bacteria with cholesterol in cell membrane

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

70
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Cultured on eaton’s medium

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

71
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Most common type of atypical pneumonia (walking pneumonia) pediatric 5yrs

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

72
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Most common infectious cause (extrapulmonary) of mycoplasma pneumonia

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Stevens johnson syndrome

73
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Argyll robertson pupil; prostitute’s pupil

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Treponema pallidum

74
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Most important diagnostic test in primary syphillis

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Dark field microscopy

75
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Screening for secondary or tertiary syphilis

76
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Confirmatory teat for secondary/ tertiary syphilis

77
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Largest medically important bacteria

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Borellia burgdorferi

78
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Cultured on BSK medium

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Borrelia burgdorferi

79
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Lyme disease

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Borrelia burgdorferi

80
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Transmitted by ixodes capsularis ( bite from deer ticks)

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Borrelia burgdorferi

81
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Bell’s palsy, arthritis, cardiac block, erythema chronicum migrans

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Lyme disease

Tx doxycycline

82
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Relapsing fever

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Borrelia recurrentis

83
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Shepherd’s crook appearance

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Leptospira interrogans

84
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Fletcher’s medium

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Leptospira interrogans

85
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Ellinghausen-mccullough johnson harris(EMJH) medium

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Leptospira interrogans

86
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Most severe form of leptospirosis

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Weil syndrome

87
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Triad of weil syndrome

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Jaundice ( orange cast skin)
Bleeding
Uremia

88
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Snow flake lesions in cxr

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Leptospira interrogans

89
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Obligate intracellular bacteria

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Ricketssia

Chlamydia

90
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Most common STD overall

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Chlamydia trachomatis (types D-K)

91
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Most common cause of infectious eye blindness

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Trachoma (C. Trachomatis types A-C)

92
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Halberstadter prowazek inclusions

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C. Trachomatis

93
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Associated with Reiter’s syndrome

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Campyobacter jejuni

C. Trachomatis types D-K

94
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Staccato cough

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C. Trachomatis types D-K

95
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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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c. Trachomatis L1-L3

96
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Atypical pneumonia assoc with atherosclerosis

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Chlamydia pneumoniae

97
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Bird fancier’s disease

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Chlamydia psittaci

98
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Divide by binary fission

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Rickettsiae

99
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Detects antirickettsial antibodies by agglutination of proteus organisms

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Weil felix reaction

100
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Rocky mountain spotted fever

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Rickettsia rickettsii

101
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Rickettsial pox with eschar formation

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Rickettsia akari

102
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Most lethal; no arthropod vector; no rash ; caused by coxiella burnetti

103
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Cat scratch disease

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Bartonella henselae

104
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Dog as reservoir transmitted thru dermacentor bite; forms morulae in cytoplasm of monocytes

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Ehrlichia chaffeensis

105
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Clue cells with positive whiff test

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Gardnerella vaginalis

106
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Dermacentor bite

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Francisella tullarensis

Erlichia chaffeensis

107
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Painful genital ulcer

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Chancroid ( haemophilus ducreyi)

108
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Painless ulcer

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Chancre( primary syphilis treponema pallidum

109
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Condyloma lata

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Secondary syphilis treponema pallidum

Condyloma acuminatum–> HPV

110
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Pseudo appendicitis( mesenteric adenitis)

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Yersenia enterocolitica

111
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Granuloma inguinale(donovanosis)

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Klebsiella granulomatis

112
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Beefy red ulcer

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Klebsiella granulomatis

113
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Closed safety pin appearance ( donovan bodies)

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Klebsiella granulomatis

114
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Pseudo buboe

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Klebsiella granulomatis

115
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Most common cause of meningitis among aged 2-18 yrs

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N. Meningitides

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