High Yield Terms Flashcards
1
Q
polar flagella
A
Campylobacter jejuni
Vibrio
2
Q
Selected out at 42C
A
Campylobacter jejuni
3
Q
“Gulls wings”
A
Campylobacter jejuni
4
Q
Guillain Barre association
A
Campylobacter jejuni
5
Q
Serotype O:19
A
Campylobacter jejuni
6
Q
Reactive Arthritis
A
Campylobacter jejuni
7
Q
Low infectious dose
A
Campylobacter jejuni
Shigella
8
Q
Oxidase positive
A
Campylobacter jejuni
H. pylori
Vibrio
Neisseria
9
Q
Growth at 37C
A
H pylori
10
Q
urease positive
A
H. pylori
Proteus
Ureaplasma urealyticum
Cryptococcus Neoformans
11
Q
Motile
A
H. pylori
Salmonella
Proteus
12
Q
mucinase
A
H pylori
13
Q
TCBS agar
A
Vibrio
14
Q
Orange on agar
A
Vibrio
15
Q
cAMP toxins
A
Vibrio cholera
Bacillus Anthracis
Ecoli Lt
Bordetella Pertussis
16
Q
Rice water stools
A
Vibrio cholera
17
Q
Consumption of undercooked seafood
A
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Vibrio vulnifivus
18
Q
Lactose Fermenters
A
E. coli
Klebsiella
Enterobacter
Citrobacter
19
Q
Motile/H2S producing
A
Salmonella
Proteus
20
Q
Non-motile/ H2S Non-producing
A
Yersina
Shigella
21
Q
Capsule K1 serotype
A
E. coli (neonatal septicemia)
22
Q
Verotoxin
A
Shigella like E. coli
23
Q
stacked brick like biofilm
A
EAEC
24
Q
currant jelly sputum
A
Klebsiella
25
anti-O antibody agglutination
Shigella
26
Traverse cells via actin jet trails
Shigella
| Listeria
27
toxin inhibits 60S protein synthesis
Shigella
| EHEC
28
Low infectious dose
Shigella
29
bipolar staining
Yersinia
30
Safety pin staining
Yersinia
31
Coagulas Positive
Yersinia pestis
| Staph aureus
32
F-1 envelope antigen
Yersinia pestis
33
hazardous cultures
Yersinia pestis
Francisella
Brucella
34
Motile at 25C
Yersinia enterocolitica
35
multiplies in cold
Yersinia enterocolitica
| Listeria monocytogenes
36
pseudoappendicitis
Yersinia enterocolitica
37
swarming motility
proteus
38
Widal test
Salmonella typhi
39
Vicapsule
Salmonella typhi-resists complement killing
40
rose spots
salmonella typhi
41
osteomyelitis
Salmonella in sickle cell
42
Black on Hektoen agar
Salmonella, from H2S production
43
Requires Chocolate Agar
Haemophilus
44
Can grow with Staph
Haemophilus
45
IgA protease
Strep pneumonia
Haemophilus influ
Nesseria
46
CSF latex particle agglutination
Haemophilus influ.
Strep pneumoniae
Nesseria meningitidis
47
polyribitol capsule
Haemophilus influ.
48
painful cancre
Haemophilus ducreyi
49
Clue Cells
Gardnerella
50
thin, gray fluid from vagina
Gardnerella
51
Fish smell
Gardnerella
52
Whiff Test
KOH Garderella
53
cat bites
Pasturella
| Bartonella
54
Dog bites
Capnocytophaga canimorsus
| Bartonella
55
bacillary angiomatosis
bartonella (AIDS)
56
can cause splenectomy
capnocytophaga canimorsus
57
bleach like odor
Eikenella corrodens
58
corrodes agar
Eikenella corrodens
59
abdominal trauma
bacteroides
60
Catalase positive
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Staphylococcus
Burkholderia cepacia
Serratia marcescens
Nocardia
Aspergillus
```
61
Catalase Negative
Streptococcus
62
Beta-hemolytic
Staph aureus
Strep pyogenes
Strep agalactiae
Listeria monocytogenes
63
alpha-hemolytic
Strep pneumonia
| Viridans strep
64
Ferments mannitol
Staph aureus
65
Protein A
Staph aureus (binds Fc component of IgG to prevent phagocytosis)
66
superantigen
Staph aureus TSST-1 (binds to MHC2)
67
M protein
Strep pyogenes-antiphagocytic
68
PYR positive
Strep pyogenes
| Enterrococcus f.
69
Streptolysin O
Strep. pyogenes--increaed ASO in RHEUMATIC FEVER
70
Strawberry tongue
Strep pyogenes-scarlet fever
71
"sand paper" rash
Strep pyogenes- scarlet fever
| Staph- toxic shock syndrome
72
Impetigo
Staph aureus
| Strep pyogenes
73
Rheumatic Fever
Strep pyogenes
74
PSGN
strep pyogenes - M12 serotype
75
Bacitracin resistant
Strep. agalactiae
76
Bacitracin sensitive
Strep. pyogenes
77
CAMP test positive
Strep agalactiae
78
hydrolyze hippurate
Strep agalactiae
79
Most Common Cause of neonatal meningitis
Strep agalactiae
80
Opthocin Sensitive
strep pneumoniae
81
Lancet shaped dipplococci
strep pneumoniae
82
Bile sensitive
Strep pnemoniae
83
Most common cause pnemonia
Strep pnemoniae
84
Most common cause of adult meningitis
Strep pneumoniae
85
Most common cause of otitis media in children
strep pneumonia
86
rusty sputum
strep pneumoniae
87
Optochin resistant
Viridans strep
88
dextran biofilm (binds fibrin)
Viridans strep
89
hydrolyze esculin
Enterococcus
90
vancomycin resistant
Enterococcus
91
VanA
Enterococcus resistance gene to vancomycin
92
Most common cause osteomyelitis
Staph aureus
93
Gram Positive Rods
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Bacillus
Clostridium
Listeria
Corynbacterium
Actinoyces
Nocardia
Mycobacterium
```
94
Spore forming bacteria
Bacillus
| Clostridium
95
Strict Aerobes
Mycobacterium
Pseudomonas
Bacillus
Bordatella
96
Strict Anerobes
Actinomyces
Bacteriodes
Clostridium
97
Polypeptide Capsule
Bacillus anthracis (poly-D-glutamate)
98
mediastinal widening
bacillus anthracis
99
Associated with fried rice
Bacillus cereus
100
Inhibit GABA receptors
Clostridium tetani
101
a-b polypeptide neurotoxin
Clostridium botulinum
102
Coded by a prophage
Clostridium botulinum
| Corynbacterium diptheriae
103
Toxin blocks acetylcholine release
Clostridium botulinum
104
floppy baby
Clostridium botulinum
105
stormy fermentation in milk media
Clostridium perfringens
106
Double zone hemolysis
Clostridium perfringens
107
Alpha toxin-lecithinase
Clostridium perfringens
108
Nagler reaction
Clostridium perfringens
109
reheated meat dishes
Bacillus Cereus
| Clostridium perfringens
110
tumbling motility
Listeria
111
unpasturized milk
Listeria monocytogenes
| Brucella
112
Listeriolysin O
Listeria monocytogenes (jets into adjacent cells using actin)
113
Most common cause of meningitis in renal transplant patient or adults with cancer
Listeria monocytogenes
114
club shaped
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
115
"Chinese letters"
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
116
tellurite medium
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
117
inhibits protein sysnthesis by eEF2 inhibition
Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Diphtheria toxin
118
dirty gray pseudomembrane
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
119
heart and nerve damage
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
120
Elek Test
Corynebacterium diphtheriae-confirms tocin
121
non-acid fast branching rods
Actinomyces
122
sulfur granules
actinomyces
123
partially acid fast branching rods
Nocardia
124
cavitary pneumonia
Nocardia asteroides
125
lumpy jaw
actinomyces
126
subcutaneous abcess with granules
nocardia brasiliensis
127
Waxy cell wall
Mycobacterium
128
Impervious to many chemicals
Mycobacterium
129
auramine-rhodamine stain
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
130
Slow growing on Lowenstein Jensen agar
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
131
Niacin producer
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
132
Heat sensitive catalase
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
133
sulfatides in envelope
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
134
Cord factor
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
135
tuberculin
Mycobacterium tuberculosis-causes CMI response
136
Ghon complex
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
137
Mantoux
Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPD
138
nonchromogen
Mycobacterium avium
139
Photochromogen
Mycobacterium kanasii
| Mycobacterium marinum
140
Scotochromogoen
Mycobacterium scrofulacem
141
Solitary lymphadenopathy in kids
Mycobacterium scrofulacem
142
fish tank granuloma
Mycobacterium marinum
143
obligate intracellular
Mycobacterium leprae
Chlamydiaceae
Rickettsia
Ehrlichia
144
optimal growth at less than body temp
Mycobacterium leprae
145
Ferments maltose
Nesseria meningitidis
146
Chocolate (not blood ) agar
Nesseria meningitidis
147
kidney bean shaped
Nesseria
148
Associated with C5-C8 deficiency
Nesseria meningitidis
149
***Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Nesseria meningitidis
150
Antigenic variation
Nesseria gonorrhoeae
| Trypanosoma brucei
151
Doesn't ferment maltose
Nesseria gonorrhoeae
152
OMP I
Nesseria gonorrhoeae
153
Opa
Nesseria gonorrhoeae-contributes to antigenic variation
154
Thayer Martin media
Nesseria gonorrhoeae
155
Top 3 causes of sinusitis and otitis media
1-Strep pneumo
2-Haemophilus influenza
3-Moraxella
156
Grape like odor
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
157
pyocyanin
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
158
exotoxin A ADP ribosylation of eEF-2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa-inhibits protein sythesis
159
Primarily targets liver
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
160
Slime layer
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
161
Hot tub foliculitis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
| Staph aureus
162
Burn patients
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
163
ecthyma gangrenosum
Pseudomonas aeruginosa- black necrotic lesion with erythematous margin
164
Poorly gram stains
Legionella
| Ureaplasma urealyticum
165
Requires iron and cysteine to grow
Legionella
166
Atypical pneumonia
Legionella pneumophila
Chlamydia psittaci
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Mycoplasma
167
Pontiac fever
Legionella pneumophila
168
Direct fluorescent antibody
Legionella pneumophila
| Bordetella pertussis
169
Dieterle silver staining
Legionella pneumophila
170
Facultative Intracellular
Francisella
171
rabbits
francisella
172
Tick bite
Francisella
Boriella
Babesia
173
Localizes to reticuloendothelial cells
Francisella
174
Arkansas and Missouri
Francisella
175
Filamentous hemagglutinin
Bordetella
176
Adenylate cyclase toxin
Bordetella- impairs leukocyte chemotaxis
177
Tracheal
Bordetella
178
ADP ribosylation of Gi
Bordetella
179
Inspiratory whoop
Bordetella
180
Regan-Lowe media
Bordetella
181
Bordet Gengou media
Bordetella
182
undulent fever
Brucella
183
Profuse sweating
Brucella
184
Cyclic bouts of depression and sweating
Brucella (chronic)
185
Serum agglutination test
Brucella
186
Poultry associated
Campylobacter
187
blood and pus in stool
Campylobacter
188
type one carcinogen
H pylori
189
reduce nitrates to nitrites
Enterobacteriaceae
190
Nontender chancre
Treponema
191
Darkfield Microscopy
Treponema
| Leptospira
192
Maculopapular rash
Treponema
193
Gummas
Treponema
194
Condylomata lata
Treponema
195
Antibody binds cardiolipin
Treponema
196
FTA-ABS
Treponema
197
Microaerophilic
Borrelia
198
Bells Palsy
Borrelia burgdorferi
199
Spirochetes with terminal hooks
Leptospira
200
Contact with animal urine
Leptospira
201
Recreational water or occupational exposure to sewers
Leptospira
202
Hawaii
Leptospira
203
Weil disease
Leptospira (influenza with GI)
204
Elementary body and reticulate body
Chlamydiaceae
205
Serotypes (D-K), (L1,L2,L3) and (A,B,Ba,C)
Chlamydia trachomatis
206
Blindness in babies
Chlamydia trachomatis
207
Parrots
Chlamydia psittaci
208
No glycogen in inclusion bodies
C. psittaci
209
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rickettsia rickettsii
210
Epidemic Typhus
Rickettsia prowazekii
211
Endemic typhus
Rickettsia typhi
212
Scrub typhus
Orientia tsutsugamushi
213
vasculitis in many organs
Rickettsia rickettsii
214
East Coast
Rickettsia rickettsii
215
Rash starting on ankles and wrists
Rickettsia rickettsii
216
Weil Felix test
Rickettsia rickettsii (cross reaction with OX Proteus)
217
Lone star tick
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
218
Ixodes ticks
Ehrlichia phagocytophila
219
Infects neutrophils
Ehrlichia phagocytophila
220
Infects monocytes/macrophages
Ehrlichia chaffeensis
221
Morulae
Ehrlichia
222
missing peptidoglycan
Mycoplasma
223
Sterols in membrane
Mycoplasma
224
Fried egg colonies
Mycoplasma
225
Requires cholesterol
Mycoplasma
226
Eaton's media
Mycoplasma
227
P1 protein
Mycoplasma (attachment to respiratory epi.)
228
inhibits cilliary action
Mycoplasma
229
Produces H2O2, superoxide radicals and cytolytic enzymes
Mycoplasma
230
Positive cold agglutinins
Mycoplasma
231
Persistent hack
Mycoplasma
232
Dimorphic Fungi
Histoplasma
Blastomyces
Coccidiodes
Sporothrix
233
India ink of CSF
Cryptococcus neoformans
234
Silver stain turned black
Pneumocystis
235
Superficial fungal infection of keratanized cells
Malassezia furfur
236
Hypo pigmented spots chest and back
Malassezia furfur.
237
KOH mount shows sphagetti and meatballs
Malassezia furfur
238
Coppery Orange on wood lamps
Malassezia furfur
239
Bright yellow green with wood lamp
Microsporum
240
Permanent hair loss
Tinea favosa
241
KOH shows arthroconidia and hyphae
Tineas
242
hyphae with rosettes and sleeves of condida
Sporothrix Schenkii
243
cigar shaped yeasts in tissue
Sporothrix Schenkii
244
Rose garderneners disease
Sporothrix Schenkii
245
Eastern Great Lakes and Mississippi river
Histoplasma capsulatum
246
Environmental hyphae with microconidia and tuberculate macroconidia
Histoplasma capsulatum
247
Bird and bat feces
Histoplasma capsulatum
248
Spleunking
Histoplasma capsulatum
249
Found in reticuloendothelial cells
Histoplasma capsulatum
250
Hepatosplengomegaly with acute pulmonary symptoms
Histoplasma capsulatum
251
breaking arthroconidia in desert sand
coccidioides immitis
252
Southwest US
Coccidioides immitis
253
Spherules
Coccidioides immitis
254
Rotting wood
Blastomyces dermatitidis
255
Upper great ;akes
Blastomyces dermatitidis
256
broad based budding yeast
Blastomyces dermatitidis
257
Branching in 45 degree angles
Aspergillus fumigatus
258
pseudohyphae and true hyphae
Candida albicans
259
Pigeon droppings
Cryptococcus Neoformans
260
Fungal latex particle aggulutination
Cryptococcus Neoformans
261
Rhinocerebral infection in diabetics
Mucor/Rhizopus
262
90 degree angle yeast
Mucor/rhizopus
263
kills type one pneumocytes
Pneumocystis jirovecii
264
honeycomb on H and E
Pneumocystis jirovecii
265
CXR: ground glass
Pneumocyctis jirovecii
266
Amebic dysentery
Entamoeba histolytica
267
inverted flask lesion in large intestine
Entamoeba histolytica
268
sharp central karyosome and fine chromatin spokes
Entamoeba histolyrica
269
"Red cells"
Entamoeba histolytica
270
fatty, foul smelling diarrhea
Giardia lamblia
271
"Falling leaf" motility
Giardia lamblia
272
fecal exposure in water
Giardia lamblia
273
undercooked meat
Cryptosporidium parvum
274
acid fast oocysts in stool
Cryptosporidium parvum
275
frothy vaginal discharge
Trichomonas vaginalis
276
motile trophozoites in methelyene blue
Trichomonas vaginalis
277
corkscrew motility
Trichomonas vaginalis
278
primary amebic meningioencephalitis
Naegleria
279
diving into warm fresh water
Naegleria
280
granulomatous amebic encephalitis
Acanthameoba
281
48 hour fever spikes
Plasmodium vivax
| Plasmodium ovale
282
72 hour fever spike
Plasmodium malarium
283
ameboid trophozoites
plasmodium vivax
284
oval, jagged red blood cells
Plasmodium ovale
285
rosette schizonts
plasmodium malarie
286
Crescent shaped gametes
plasmodium falciparum
287
Chagas
trypanosoma cruzi
288
Periorbital swelling
trypanosoma cruzi
289
Reduviid bug
trypanosoma cruzi
290
feces on skin and scratching
trypanosoma cruzi
291
African sleeping sickness
trypanosoma brucei
292
tsetse fly
trypanosoma brucei
293
Leishmaniasis
Leishmania
294
sandfly bite
Leishmania
295
amastigotes in macrophages
Leishmania
296
co-infection with boriella
Babesia
297
Small rings, maltese cross on RBC Giemsa smear
Babesia
298
Cat feces
Toxoplasma gondii
299
Side spine on egg
Schistosoma mansoni
| Schistosoma japonicum
300
bladder carcinoma in Egypt/africa
Schistosoma haematobium
301
Beef tapeworm
taenia saginata
302
Pork tapeworm
taenia solium
303
Fish tapeworm
Diphyllobothrium latum
304
Most frequent helminth in the US
enterobius vermicularis
305
sticky swap of perianal area
enterobius vermicularis
306
Ova with flattened sides with larvae inside
enterobius vermicularis
307
rectal prolapse
trichuris trichiura
308
Whipworm
trichuris trichiura
309
Barrel shaped eggs with bipolar plugs
trichuris trichiura
310
Most common helminth worldwide
Ascaris lumbricoides
311
bile stained knobby eggs
Ascaris lumbricoides
312
hook worm
necator americanus
313
threadworm
stronggyloides stercoralis
314
wild game meat
Trichinella spiralis
315
elaphantiasis
Wucheria bancrofti
| Brugia malayi
316
african eye worm
Loa loa
317
river blindness
Onchocerca volvulus
318
Worm with creeping eruptions, ulcerations, rash
Dracunculus medinensis
319
ssDNA virus
Parvoviridae
320
Infects erythroid progenitor cells
Parvoviridae
321
Fifth disease: 7-10 day flu like with slap cheek
Parvoviridae
322
dsDNA virus naked
Papillomaviridae
| Adenoviridae
323
Hyperkeratosis
Papillomaviridae
324
Renal disease in aids patients
Polyomaviridae BK virus
325
Progressive multi focal lymphadenopathy
JC polyomaviridae
326
Pentose fibers acting as hemaglutinin
Adenoviridae
327
Pharyngoconjunctivitis
(Pink eye) Adenoviridae
328
Shipyard conjunctivitis
Adenoviridae
329
Acute hemorrhagic cystits
Adenoviridae
330
Enveloped dsDNA
Herpnaviridae
| Poxviridae
331
Intranuclear inclusion bodies
Herpesviridae
332
Vesicular lesions
Herpesviridae hsv1 hsv2
333
Latent in trigeminal ganglion
Herpesviridae hsv1 hsv2
334
Focal temporal lesions
Herpesviridae hsv1 hsv2
335
Latency in sacral nerve ganglion
Herpesviridae hsv1 hsv2
336
Tzank smear
Herpesviridae hsv1 hsv2 vzv
337
Asynchronous rash
Herpesviridae vzv
338
Aspirin induced Reye Syndrome
Herpesviridae vzv
339
Latency in B cells
Herpesviridae ebv
340
Hairy oral leukoplakia
Herpesviridae ebv
341
Burkitt lymphoma
Herpesviridae ebv
342
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Asia
Herpesviridae ebv
343
Heterophile antibody positive
Herpesviridae ebv
344
Latency in mononuclear cells
Herpesviridae cmv
345
Most common in utero infection in the US
Herpesviridae cmv
346
Owl eye inclusions
Herpesviridae cmv
347
Roseola
Herpesviridae hhv6
348
3-5 day fever with subsequent lacy body rash
Herpesviridae hhv6.
349
Kaposi sarcoma
Herpesviridae hhv8
350
Vegf activator
Herpesviridae hhv8
351
Rash begins in mouth and spreads down. (Synchronous rash)
Poxviridae smallpox
352
Guarnieri bodies
Poxviridae smallpox
353
Umbilicated warts
Poxviridae molluscum contagiosum
354
Eosinophilia cytoplasmic inclusion bodies
Poxviridae molluscum contagiosum
355
bile soluble
Strep pneumo
356
mucicarmine stain
Cryptococcus neoformans
357
Spreads to meningies via choroid plexus
Nesseria meningitidis
358
spreads to meningies via lymphatics
H. influenza
