Exam II Buzzwords Flashcards
Farmer’s Lung
aspergillus
high IgE and asthma sx
aspergillus
(ABPA)
aflatoxins on peanuts
aspergillus
right angle (90 degree) branching hyphae
mucor/zygomycosis
(Rhizopus, Mucor, Absidia)
uncontrolled DM or DKA
mucor/zygomycosis
rinocerebral nectrotizing disease
mucor/zygomycosis
pigeon/bird droppings
Cryptococcus
narrow based budding
cryptococcus
india ink stain
cryptococcus
soap bubble lesions
cryptococcus
often diagnostic of HIV/AIDS
pneumocystis jiroveci (PCP)
dry hypoxic cough and treat with ABX
PCP
spaghetti and meatballs with longterm TPN
malassezia furfur
hypo or hyperpigmentation
tinea versicolor
(m. furfur)
alcoholic rose gardener syndrome
Sporothrix scheneckii
nodular lymphadenitis of rose gardener
Sporothrix schenckii
Ohio River Valley
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Histoplasma
erythema nodosum
histoplasma
coccidiomycosis
resembles TB
histoplasma
blastomycosis
caves, chicken coops
Histoplasma
east coat USA
Blastomycosis
big broad based buds
blastomycosis
2-4 micrometers
Histoplasma
8-15 micrometers
blastomycosis
South American Blastomycosis
Paracoccidiomycosis
multiple buds / ship’s or mariner’s wheel
paracoccidiomycosis
coffee plants
paracoddidiomycosis
Valley Fever
San Joaquin Valley Fever
Coccidioidomycosis
mold in the desert
coccidioidmycosis
steroid use
oral thrush
(candida)
liver abscess
entamoeba histolytica
ancohvy paste
entamoeba histolytica
eats RBCs
entamoeba histolytica
hikers/campers not filtering water
Giardia
water parks
cryptosporidium
5-7 micrometers
cryptosporidium
acid fast
cryptosporidium
cyclospora
greasy, fatty stool
Giardia
8-10 micrometers
cyclospora
20-30 x 10-19 micrometers
isospora
green, foamy, fishy odor
trichomonas vaginalis
corkscrew motility
Trich. vaginalis
anopheles mosquito
plasmodium
quartan fever
P. malariae
tertian fever
P. ovale
P. vivax
quotidien fever
P. knowlesi
NE USA
Babesia
all rings on blood smears
Plasmodium
Ixodes tick
Babesia
multiple rings in RBCs
Babesia
tetrads/ “Maltese cross”
Babesia
sandfly bite
Leishmania
fever, diarrhea, anemia
Kala azar (Leish)
no flagellum
amastigote
flagellated
promastigote
Romana sign rash
Trypanosoma cruzi
edema around eyes
Trypanosoma cruzi
Chaga’s disease
Trypanosoma cruzi
Triatome, Reduviid, kissing bugs
Trypanosome cruzi
painful bite-Tsetse bug
Trypanosome brucei
East Africa
T. b. rhodesiense
West Africa
T. b. gambiense
daytime sleepiness
African sleeping sickness
(T. brucei)
cats / litter box
Toxoplasma
can mimic mono / lymphoma
Toxoplasma
ring enhancement on CT
Toxoplasma
develop ID / visual changes later in life after congenital infection
Toxoplasma
freshwater
Naeglia fowleri
cribiform plate / nasal cavity
Naeglia fowleri
contact lens user
Acanthamoeba castellanii
granulomatous encephhalitis
Acanthamoeba
Balamuthia
lip lesion and periorbital edema
Chaga’s (Tryp. cruzi)
primary amebic meningoencephalitis
Naegleria fowleri
silver stain (GMS) positive
Acanthamoeba castellanii
dust in cornea
Acanthamoeba castellani
water chestnuts
Fasciolopsis buski
SE Asia snails
Fasciolopsis buski
sheep liver fluke
fasciola hepatica
bile duct / liver rot
Fasciola hepatica
cirrhosis / snail vector
Fasciola hepatica
largest liver fluke
Fasciolopsis buski
Chinese liver fluke
Clonorchis sinensis
lung fluke
paragonimus westermani
swimmer’s itch
schistosomes (cercaria)
Katayama syndrome
schistosomes
inferior mesenteric v.
schistosome mansoni
egg with BIG lateral spine
Schistosome mansoni
superior mesenteric plexus
Schistosome japonicum
egg with TINY spine
S. japonicum
pipestem fibrosis
Schistosome japonicum
egg with TERMINAL spine
Schistosome hematobium
squamous cell carcinoma of bladder
Schistosome hematobium
PORK tapeworm
Taenia solium
BEEF tapeworm
Taenia saginata
fish / sushi / longest tapeworm
Diphyllobothrium latum
B12 deficiency
Diphyllobothrium latum
definitive host is a dog
Echhinoccous
large liver cyst (hydatid cyst)
Echinococcus
liver or lung cyst breaks open and causes anaphylaxis
Echinococcus
one big cyst (liver or lung)
E. granulosis
many small cysts (liver or lung)
E. multicularis
dwarf tapeworm
Hymenolepsis nana
most common human parasite
Ascaris lumbricoides
itchy butt / cellophane tape
Enterobius vermicularis
dump blood into GI / dysentery / anemia
Ancylostoma
Necator
rectal prolapse
trichuris trichiura
blackfly
Onchocerca volvulus
river blindness, nodules
Onchocerca volvulus
elephantiasis
Brugia and Wuchereria
scarred lymph nodes
filariasis
(Brugia and Wuchereria)
mango fly / Calabar Swellings
Loa loa
dog heartworm
dirofilaria immitis
lung coin lesion / can mimic early CA
Dirofilaria immitis
myalgia, palpebral edema, eosinophilia
Trichinella spiralis
ground itchh
Strongyloides stercoralis
from cat or dog poop and MIGRATE
Toxocara cati / canis
raccoon poop
Baylisascaris procyonis
wind worm around stick to remove
Dracunculus medinensis
dogs and sheep
(definitive and intermediate hosts)
Echinococcus
seizures and HA indicative of cysticercosis
T. solium
cutaneous larva migrans
ancylostoma brasilense
strongyloides stercoralis
keratitis and eosinophilia
Onchocerca volvulus
pigs, rats, bears
Trichinella spiralis
corneal scarring causing blindness
Oncohcerca volvulus
worm floating in eye
Loa loa
wheeze, dry coughh, throat irritation, and hemoptysis
Strongyloides stercoralis
ground glass
Strongyloides stercoralis
Southwest desert exposure
Coccidioidomycosis
seizure in a Mexican
Taenia solium
deer fly
Loa loa
oropharyngeal lesions
Histoplasma
bear, horse and walrus
Trichinellosis spirella
penetrate skin (4)
Onchocerca vol.
Strongyloides
Ancylostoma brasilense
schistosoma
ground itch (2)
Strongyloides
Ancylostoma brasilense
visceral larva migrans
Toxocara canis/cati
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Aspergillus
Bile duct adenocarcinoma
Clonorchis sinensis
Spherules
Coccidioidomycosis
Eye damage to cornea
Onchocerca volvulus
millepede can exude ___ venom
vesicating
black widow spider
latrodectus muctans
boardlike abdomen
latrodectus mactans
brown recluse spider
loxosceles spp.
scorpian hemolytic toxin
local effects
scorpion neurotoxin
systemic