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First Aid 125-148 Flashcards

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Infection of liver capsule and violin-string adhesions to the peritoneum

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complication of PID and Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Fitz-Hughes-Curtis syndrome

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2
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Pertussis toxin disables

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Gi

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EHEC (dysentery) is different from other E. Coli strains in that

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It does not ferment sorbitol

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4
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Rose spots on abdomen
Constipation
Fever
Abdominal pain

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Typhoid fever
Salmonella typhi
Tx fluoroquinolone, ceftriaxone
Immune response - primarily monocytes

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myalgias (of calves);
jaundice;
photophobia;
flu-like symptoms;
conjunctival suffusion (no exudate)
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Leptospirosis

animal urine

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Severe leptospirosis w/ liver dysfunction, azotemia, fever, hemorrhage, anemia

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Weil disease

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7
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False positive VDRL with:
V
D
R
L
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Viral infections (ie EBV, hepatitis)
Drugs
Rheumatic fever
Lupus/leprosy

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8
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Direction of rash in typhus

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Starts centrally, spreads outward, sparing palms and soles;

Rickettsia typhi

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3 organisms that cause rash on palms and soles

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Rickettsia rickettsii
Cocksackie A virus
Treponema palladium

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10
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Monocytes with morulae

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Mulberry-like inclusions

Erlichiosis

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Granulocytes with morulae

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Anaplsmosis

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12
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Most common cause of culture negative endocarditis

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Coxiella burnetti

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13
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Coccidiodes is dimorphic but forms what in tissue, instead of a yeast?

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Spherule

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14
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Eruptive skin xanthomas
Acute pancreatitis
lipemia retinalis
hepatosplenomegaly

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Familial chylomicronmia
no increased risk of CAD
creamy supernatant blood sample

deficient LPL, and ApoC-II
elevated chylomicrons

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15
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Pyruvate kinase deficiency causes chronic hemolytic anemia, splenomegaly and iron overload as a result of

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impaired RBC survival

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16
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The two most important factors for osteoclast differentiation

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Macrophage colony stimulating-factor (M-CSF)
receptor for activated nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANK-L)
both produced by osteoblasts and bone marrow stromal cells

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17
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What cytokines are necessary to mediate the Th1 response (granuloma formation) in TB?

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IL-12, interferon-gamma and TNF-alpha

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18
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What hypothalamic nucleus

Circadian rhythm regulation and pineal gland function

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Suprachiasmatic

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19
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What hypothalamic nucleus

Secretion of ADH and oxytocin

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Supraoptic

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20
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What hypothalamic nucleus

ADH, corticotropin-releasing hormone, oxytocin, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone secretion

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Paraventricular

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21
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What hypothalamic nucleus

Secretion of dopamine (inhibits prolactin), growth hormone-releasing hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone

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Arcuate

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22
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What hypothalamic nucleus

Mediates heat conservation, destruction leads to hypothermia

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Posterior

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23
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What hypothalamic nucleus

Mediates heat dissipation, destruction leads to hyperthermia

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Anterior

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24
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What hypothalamic nucleus

Mediates hunger, destruction leads to anorexia

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Lateral

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25
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What hypothalamic nucleus

Mediates satiety, destruction leads to hyperphagia

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Ventromedial

26
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Defects in MSH2, MLH1, MSH6 and PMS2
Name of syndrome
Cancers caused

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Lynch syndrome

colorectal, endometrial, ovarian

27
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Aspergillus branches at

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45 degree angles

Immunocompromised and CGD at risk populations

28
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Bronchiectasis and eosinophilia
hypersensitivity response
associated with asthma, cystic fibrosis

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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

29
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Soap bubble lesions on brain

Give organism, how to culture, how to stain, how to diagnoise

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Cryptococcus neoformans (not dimorphic);
India ink or mucicarmine red stain;
Lates agglutination test for polysaccharide capsule;
Cryptococcal encephalitis or meningitis;
Inhalation with hematogenous spread;
Found in soil, pigeon droppings
Culture on Sabouraud agar
30
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Disc like yeast on methenamine silver stain;

Diffuse, bilateral ground-glass opacities on CXR/CT

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Pneumocystis jirovecii

31
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Dimorphic;

Cigar-shaped, budding yeast that grows in branching hyphae with rosettes of conidia

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Sporothrix schenckii

Tx itraconazole or potassium iodide

32
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Protozoan that causes fatty stool

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Giardia lamblia

multinucleated trophozoites or cysts in stool

33
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Anchovy paste exudate on liver

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Entaemoeba histolytica;
Histology shows flask-shaped ulcer;
Trophozoites with engulfed RBCs

34
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What treatment for cryptosporidium in immunocompetent hosts?

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Nitazoxanide

35
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What two organisms penetrate the cribiform plate?

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Mucor;

Naegleria - amoebas in spinal fluid

36
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Enlarged lymph nodes;
Recurring fever due to antigenic variation;
Somnolence;
Coma

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Trypanosoma brucei;
Tse tse fly bite is painful;
Trypomastigote on blood smear

37
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Tx for African sleeping sickness

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Suramin for blood-borne disease;

Melarsoprol for CNS penetration

38
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Schnuffer stippling of RBCs

What organisms?

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P vivax, P ovale;

tertian (1st and 3rd) cycle

39
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P. malariae has what fever cycle?

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72 hours - quartan

40
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MOA Chloroquine

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blocks plasmodium heme polymerase

41
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What two malaria medications require prior testing for G6PD deficiency before administration?

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Primaquine (for hypnozoites);

Artesunate - IV - for life-threatening illness

42
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Romana sign, unilateral periorbital swelling, is a sign of the acute phase of:
Treat with “CRUZing in my BENZ with a FUR coat on” - explain

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Chagas disease - Trypanosoma cruzi

Treat with Benznidazole, Nifurtimox

43
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Macrophages containing amastigotes

Organism, Treatment

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Leishmania donovani

Ampho B, Sodium stibogluconate

44
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Nematode that can cause intestinal infection with possible obstruction at ileocecal valve

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Ascaris lumbricoides aka giant roundworm

45
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Nematode that can cause intestinal infection that can mimic a peptic ulcer

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Strongyloides stercoralis aka threadworm;
Larvae in soil penetrate skin;
Tx albendaole or ivermectin

46
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Cutaneous larva migrans is a pruritic, serpiginous rash from walking barefoot on a contaminated beach

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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus (hookworms, a kind of nematode = roundworm);
Tx bendaoles, pyrantel pamoate

47
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Why myalgia in trichinosis?

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Larvae enter bloodstream and encyst in striated muscle;
Tx bendazoles;
Trichinella spiralis is a roundworm;
Also causes periorbital edema

48
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Cause of elephantiasis;

Treatment

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Wuchereria bancrofti;
Female mosquito;
Tx diethylcarbamazine (same tx as for loa loa infection)

49
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Echinococcus granulosus is a tapeworm (cestode) that causes hytatid cysts in the liver. What is a complication of this infection?

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Anaphylaxis if antigens are released - inject cysts with ethanol or hypertonic saline before removal;
Transmission - ingestion of eggs from dog feces;
Sheep are intermediate hosts;
Tx albendazole

50
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Treatment for trematodes (flukes)

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Praziquantel

Also good for most tapeworms (cestodes)

51
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Infection with what fluke causes pigmented gallstones and is associated with cholangiocarcinoma

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Clonorchis sinensis - from undercooked fish

52
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Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus cause intestional infection with

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microcytic anemia

53
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Associate what parasites with portal hypertension?

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Schistosoma mansoni, Schistosome japonicum

54
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Relapsing fever

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Borrelia recurrentis - louse

variable surface antigens

55
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Source of psitacosis

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Parrots

Chlamydia psittaci

56
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All DNA viruses are dsDNA except

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Parvovirus - ssDNA

57
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All DNA viruses are linear except

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Papilloma
Polyoma
Hepadnaviruses
Circular)

58
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All RNA viruses are ssRNA except

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Reoviridae

59
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All DNA viruses replicate in the nucleus except

60
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All RNA viruses replicate in the cytoplasm except

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Influenza and Retroviruses

61
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BK virus

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Polyomavirus - transplant patients, targets kidneys (“Bad Kidneys”)

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