Buzzwords Flashcards
Broad-based budding yeast
Blastomyces
Bull neck
Corynebacterium Diphtheriae
Catcher’s stance
Haemophilus Influenza Type B
Cherry red epiglottis
Haemophilus Influenza Type B
Cold-agglutinin positive
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
Consumption
TB
Cottage cheese granuloma
TB
Currant jelly sputum
Klebsiella Pneumoniae
Dented helmets
Pneumocystis Jiroveci/Carinii
Downey cell
EBV (Heterophile+), CMV (Heterophile-)
Farmer’s lung
Allergic Aspergilloosis, Thermophilic, Actinomyces
Fungal ball
Aspergillosis (Aspergilloma)
Grape-like smell in culture
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Green sputum in cystic fibrosis patient
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar
Haemophilus Inflenzae
Heterophile antibody-positive
EBV
Kidney bean-shaped diplococci
Neisseria Bonorrhoeae
Koplik spot
Measles
Lancet-shaped diplococci
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
Many PMN’s in sputum, noorganismsseen
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae
Mediastinal widening
Bacillus Antracis
Nonfermenter
Acinetobacter, Bordatella, Burkholderia, Legionella, Moraxella, Pseudomonas
Owl’s eye inclusion
CMV
Parrot fever
chlamydophila Psittaci
Pilot’s/Captain’s Wheel
Paracoccidiodes Brasiliensis
Rabbit fever
Francisella Tularensis
Rust-colored sputum
Strep Pneumo, Paragonimus Westermani (lung fluke)
Safety pin staining
Yersinia Pestis
Salmon colored sputum
Staphylococcus aureus
Seal bark cough
paramyxovirus
Spherule
Coccidioides Immitis
Swimming pool conjunctivis
Adenovirus
Valley Fever
Coccidiodes
Weakly acid fast branching rods
Nocardia
Wool-sorter disease
Bacillus Anthracis