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Zoster/Shingles/VZV reactivation

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“30% of the woman have it 30% of the time”

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“30% of the woman have it 30% of the time”
Streptococcus agalactiae

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“atypical coverage”

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“atypical coverage”
crows, wheels, flowers

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“Fingers, Fleas, Flies”

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“Fingers, Fleas, Flies”
Chlamydia trachomatis A-C biovars

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“Swarming Motility” on blood agar

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“Swarming Motility” on blood agar
Proteus

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Alpha toxin

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Alpha toxin
Clostridium perfringens

Staph aureus also has a alpha toxin

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Anti-protozoal medication

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Anti-protozoal medication
metronidazole

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ASO titre positive

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ASO titre positive
Streptococcus pyogenes

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Atypical pneumonia after contact w birds

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Atypical pneumonia after contact w birds
Chlamydophilia psittaci

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Bacterial cause of Guillain-Barre syndrome

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Bacterial cause of Guillain-Barre syndrome
Campylobacter jejuni

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Bacterial cause of Relapsing fever

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Bacterial cause of Relapsing fever
Borrelia recurrentis

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Black eschar

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Black eschar
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)

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Both BL and altered PBP

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Both BL and altered PBP
Neisseria gonorrhoeae

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Brill-Zinsser disease

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Brill-Zinsser disease
Rickettsia prowazekii

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Brown colonies with brown halo on Tinsdale medium

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Brown colonies with brown halo on Tinsdale medium
Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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Bubo formation

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Bubo formation
Yersinia pestis

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Carriers of malaria

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Carriers of malaria
Anopheles mosquitos and humans

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Cat scratch disease

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Cat scratch disease
Bartonella spp

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CD4+ T cell count below 200/mm3 (200/ul)

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CD4+ T cell count below 200/mm3 (200/ul)
AIDS Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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Cetrimide agar

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Cetrimide agar
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Chicken pox

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Chicken pox
primary VZV infection

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Chinese characters

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Chinese characters
Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Tho I have no idea how this unorganized and unsophisticated mess resembles chinese characters

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Chlamydia, Coxiella spp assume sensitive to

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Chlamydia, Coxiella spp assume sensitive to
doxycycline, erythromycin

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Chocolate or Thayer-Martin/VPN agar
Chocolate or Thayer-Martin/VPN agar **Neisseria spp**
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Chronic draining sinuses
Chronic draining sinuses **Actinomyces israelii**
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Clue cells, smell after KOH, pH > 4.5
Clue cells, smell after KOH, pH > 4.5 **Bacillary Vaginosis**
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Condylomata lata
Condylomata lata **Treponema pallidum**
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Cough, Coryza, Conjuctivitis, "C"(K)oplik spots
Cough, Coryza, Conjuctivitis, "C"(K)oplik spots **Measles**
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Cowdry inclusion body
Cowdry inclusion body **HSV1**
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Curved gram negative rod
Curved gram negative rod **Vibrio spp/Campylobacter jejuni/Helicobacter pylori**
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Dengue serology
Dengue serology **IgM, IgG, NS1 antigen ELISA + PCR** NS1 = NonStructural protein 1
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Die die cannot use cell wall agents (penicillins, cephalosporins, glycopeptides, etc)
Die die cannot use cell wall agents (penicillins, cephalosporins, glycopeptides, etc) **Mycoplasma pneumoniae** NO cell wall bro
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Differential for dengue
Differential for dengue **Chikungunya** **Zika** **Influenza**
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Draughtsman colonies on blood agar
Draughtsman colonies on blood agar **Pneumococcus**
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Endemic/murine typhus, fleas & rats
Endemic/murine typhus, fleas & rats **Rickettsia typhi**
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Epidemic typhus, louse
Epidemic typhus, louse **Rickettsia prowazekii**
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Exanthem subitum (roseola infantum)
Exanthem subitum (roseola infantum) **HHV6/7**
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Explosive watery diarrhea/frank dysentry-like syndrome after eating seafood
Explosive watery diarrhea/frank dysentry-like syndrome after eating seafood **Vibro parahaemolyticus**
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Fever, headache, rash +/- eschar
Fever, headache, rash +/- eschar **Rickettsia and Orientia**
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Fish handling
Fish handling **Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae**
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Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome
Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome **Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae**
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Flaccid paralysis/Floppy baby syndrome
Flaccid paralysis/Floppy baby syndrome **Clostridium botulinum (also can be GBS and other causes)**
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Food poisoning from reheated fried rice
Food poisoning from reheated fried rice **Bacillus cereus**
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Forscheimer's spots
Forscheimer's spots **Rubella ("german" measles)**
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Fungi in blood
Fungi in blood **Candida (most common)**
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Fungi w capsule
Fungi w capsule **Cryptococcus neoformans**
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Gas gangrene
Gas gangrene Clostridium perfringens
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Germ tube positive fungi
Germ tube positive fungi **Candida Albicans**
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Giemsa stain
Giemsa stain **Malaria, Chlamydia spp, Yersinia pestis, Rickettsia**
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gram positive branching bacilli isolated from "sulfur granules" in pus
gram positive branching bacilli isolated from "sulfur granules" in pus **Actinomyces israelii**
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Gram positive branching beaded filaments
Gram positive branching beaded filaments **Nocardia asteroides**
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Gram positive rods with pink stained capsule using McFadyean's stain
Gram positive rods with pink stained capsule using McFadyean's stain **Bacillus anthracis**
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Grape-like cluster of gram positive cocci
Grape-like cluster of gram positive cocci **Staphylococcus aureus**
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Green fluorescent gram negative rods
Green fluorescent gram negative rods **Pseudomonas aeruginosa**
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Hajj pilgrimage
Hajj pilgrimage **Neisseria meningitidis**
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Helicobacter pylori triple therapy
Helicobacter pylori triple therapy **Clarithromycin, Amoxicillin, Omeprazole**
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HFMD most common strain
HFMD most common strain **Coxsackie A16 ** Coxsackie 71 (EV-71) is the second-most common cause
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HHV3 name
HHV3 name **varicella-zoster virus (VZV)**
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HHV4 name
HHV4 name **Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)**
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HHV5 name
HHV5 name **Cytomegalovirus (CMV)**
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HHV8
HHV8 **Kaposi's Sarcoma**
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high fever retro-orbital pain muscle/join pain influenza like symptoms
high fever retro-orbital pain muscle/join pain influenza like symptoms **Dengue**!!! *+/- headache* *+/- rash*
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Histidine-rich protein-2 (HRP-2) test for
Histidine-rich protein-2 (HRP-2) test for **Plasmodium falciparum** (Parasite lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH) for all species, less sensi)
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Historically important H. influenzae serotype
Historically important H. influenzae serotype **B**
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How many HIV strains are there?
How many HIV strains are there? "**Manymanymany. too many to count**." bc the reverse transcriptase is like a low grade budget photocopy machine from some shady shop on taobao that absolutely sucks and copies poorly. so you get lots of variants. Also a reason why having a vaccine is tough.
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How to control mosquitos
How to control mosquitos **Adulticiding (type of insecticide used to kill adult mosquitoes)** **Wolbachia field trials** Source reduction Health education Law enforcement
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How to kill hypnozoites
How to kill hypnozoites **Primaquine** (in combination with other drugs) (not for G6PD Deficiency)
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HSV1 ROT? HSV2 ROT?
HSV1 ROT? HSV2 ROT? HSV1 mainly infects the **lips** HSV2 mainly infects the **genitals** "HSV 1 kiss 2 bang"
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Hutchinson's triad - Interstitial keratitis (aka corneal scarring/clouding) - Hutchinson's teeth (notched teeth) - CN8 deafness
Hutchinson's triad - Interstitial keratitis (aka corneal scarring/clouding) - Hutchinson's teeth (notched teeth) - CN8 deafness **congenital syphilis**
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ICU pneumonia, resistant to almost all antibiotics
ICU pneumonia, resistant to almost all antibiotics **Acinetobacter spp**
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India ink
India ink **Cryptococcus neoformans** Cuz of the capsule
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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction **Rapid treatment of Treponema pallidum w penicillin**
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Keratitis in people wearing contact lens
Keratitis in people wearing contact lens **Pseudomonas aeruginosa** (or Staph aureus from rubbing eye)
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Legionella spp assume sensitive to
Legionella spp assume sensitive to **Erythromycin, rifampicin, quinolones**
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Legionnaire's disease, Pontiac fever
Legionnaire's disease, Pontiac fever **Legionella pneumophilia**
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Leprosy
Leprosy **Mycobacterium leprae**
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Leptospirosis, Weil's disease
Leptospirosis, Weil's disease **Leptospira interrogans**
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Loweinstein-Jensen medium/MGIT
Loweinstein-Jensen medium/MGIT **Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex** MGIT = Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube
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Lyme disease
Lyme disease **Borrelia burgdorferi**
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MacConkey agar
MacConkey agar **Enterobacteriae** (*E. coli, Klebs, Proteus, Shigella, Salmonella)* MacConkey agar is a selective medium containing bile salts. Can be lactose fermenting (LF)(pink/red colonies) or non-lactose fermenting (NLF)(yellow/pale colourless colonies)
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Madura's foot
Madura's foot **Nocardia asteroides** (*and many other bacteria and fungi*)
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Main serological markers of HIV
Main serological markers of HIV **P24 (core) antigen** **IgG anti-p24**
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Malaria in liver (hypnozoites). What species?
Malaria in liver (hypnozoites). What species? **Plasmodium vivax/Plasmodium ovale**
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mecA gene, PBP2
mecA gene, PBP2 **MRSA**
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Meningitis + non-blanching rash
Meningitis + non-blanching rash **Neisseria meningitidis**
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Most important factor in use of active immunization to protect an individual from infectious disease after a known exposure
Most important factor in use of active immunization to protect an individual from infectious disease after a known exposure **Length of incubation period ** active immunization wouldnt work if incubation period too short or doesnt exist
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Most life threatening malaria parasite
Most life threatening malaria parasite **Plasmodium falciparum (90%)** Second is **Plasmodium vivax**
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O157:H7
O157:H7 **EHEC**
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On thin blood film: infected cell BIGGER than uninfected, Schuffner's dots
On thin blood film: infected cell BIGGER than uninfected, Schuffner's dots **Plasmodium Vivax**
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On thin blood film: multiple infection, infected cell same size as uninfected, accole form +/- crescentic gametocytes
On thin blood film: multiple infection, infected cell same size as uninfected, accole form +/- crescentic gametocytes **Plasmodium falciparum**
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Opisthotonus, risus sardonicus, locked jaw
Opisthotonus, risus sardonicus, locked jaw **Clostridium tetani**
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Opthalmia Neonatorum (eye infection, within first 30 days of life)
Opthalmia Neonatorum (eye infection, within first 30 days of life) **Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae**
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osteomyelitis and cellulitis after animal bite
osteomyelitis and cellulitis after animal bite **Pasteurella multocida**
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Owl's eyes
Owl's eye ***CMV/Hodgkin's Lymphoma (Reed Sternberg Cells)***
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p24, gp41, gp120
p24, gp41, gp120 **HIV **(Human Immunodeficiency Virus)
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painful chancre
painful chancre **Haemophilus ducreyi/HSV1&2**
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painless chancre
painless chancre **Treponema pallidum/Chlamydia trachomatis LGV**
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Parasitic cause of periodic fever paroxysms/recurrent fever
Parasitic cause of periodic fever paroxysms/recurrent fever **Malaria**
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Pharyngeal pseudomembrane formation
Pharyngeal pseudomembrane formation **Corynebacterium diphtheriae**
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PID
PID **Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae**
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Pseudomembranous colitis
Pseudomembranous colitis **Clostridium difficile/Clostridioides difficile**
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Pt on carbapenems kena infection
Pt on carbapenems kena infection **Stenotrophomonas maltophilia**
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Q Fever
Q Fever **Coxiella burnetii**
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RetinoChoroiditis + Hydrocephalus + Intracerebral calcification
RetinoChoroiditis + Hydrocephalus + Intracerebral calcification **Toxoplasmosis**
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Rheumatic Heart Disease
Rheumatic Heart Disease **Streptococcus pyogenes**
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Rice water diarrhea
Rice water diarrhea **Vibrio cholera**
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Rocky mountain spotted fever
Rocky mountain spotted fever **Rickettsia rickettsii**
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Rose Spots
Rose Spots **Typhoid Fever** (S.typhi, S.paratyphi)
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Sabouraud's medium
Sabouraud's medium **Medically important fungis (most) and Nocardia ** (Yeasts grow as single colonies while moulds spread out)
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Salivary gland enlargement + Pain aggravated by eating + Tender cervical lymphadenopathy
Salivary gland enlargement + Pain aggravated by eating + Tender cervical lymphadenopathy **Mumps**
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Scrub typhus, mites & rats
Scrub typhus, mites & rats **Orientia tsutsugamushi**
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Severe complication of dengue
Severe complication of dengue **DHF** (dengue haemorrhagic fever), **DSS** (dengue shock syndrome)
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Shingles
Shingles **VZV reactivation**
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Somatic O Flagellar H antigens
Somatic O Flagellar H antigens **Enterobacteriae** (E. coli, Klebs, Proteus, Shigella, Salmonella)
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Spastic paralysis
Spastic paralysis **Clostridium tetani** (and other causes)
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Spirochete under dark ground illumination
Spirochete under dark ground illumination **Treponema pallidum**
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Staghorn calculi
Staghorn calculi **Proteus**
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Subacute Sclerosing PanEncephalitis (SSPE)
Subacute Sclerosing PanEncephalitis (SSPE) **Complication of Measles **
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Syphilis
Syphilis **Treponema pallidum**
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TCBS yellow? TCBS green?
TCBS yellow? TCBS green? **TCBS yellow** = Vibrio cholerae **TCBS green** = Vibrio parahaemolyticus ***TCBS = Thiosulfphate-Citrate-Bilesalts-Sucrose agar***
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Thick blood films for malaria parasite test for
Thick blood films for malaria parasite test for **Presence**
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Thin blood film for malaria parasite test for
Thin blood film for malaria parasite test for **Species**
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Tinea pedis
Tinea pedis **ringworm** ringworms aren't worms. It's just what you generally call a cutaneous fungal infection
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Trachoma (bacterial infection that enters eyes)
Trachoma (bacterial infection that enters eyes) **Chlamydia trachomatis**
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Treatment of severe malaria
Treatment of severe malaria **Artesunate**
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Treponema Pallidum assume sensitive to
Treponema Pallidum assume sensitive to **penicillin**
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Tuberculin Skin Test/IGRA
Tuberculin Skin Test/IGRA **Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex** IGRA = Interferon Gamma Release Assay
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Undulating fever
Undulating fever **Brucellosis, Brucella spp**
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Very picky to culture, need charcoal medium + chocolate agar
Very picky to culture, need charcoal medium + chocolate agar **Neisseria gonorrhoeae**
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Walking pneumonia
Walking pneumonia **Mycoplasma pneumoniae**
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Wartharin-Starry silver stain
Wartharin-Starry silver stain **Bartonella henselae**
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Whoopping cough
Whoopping cough **Bordetella pertussis**
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Wrinkled colonies
Wrinkled colonies **Burkholderia pseudomallei**
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X and V dependent growth on chocolate agar
X and V dependent growth on chocolate agar **Haemophilus influenzae**
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Ziehl Neelsen stain/AFB
Ziehl Neelsen stain/AFB **Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex/Nocardia**
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**2 Mins!! Organize your table, refill your bottle.**
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