ID Flashcards
1
Q
Malignancies associated with EBV infection
A
- Burkitt’s lymphoma
- Hodgkin’s lymphoma
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- HIV-associated central nervous system lymphomas
2
Q
Causes of infectious mononucleosis syndrome
A
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Cytomegalovirus
- Human herpesvirus-6 or 7
- HIV-1 primary infection
- Toxoplasmosis
3
Q
Conditions where it’s unsafe to breastfeed
A
- HIV
- Ebola
- Dengue
- Brucella
- Untreated Tuberculosis (TB)
4
Q
T-cell defects occur in the following
A
- HIV/AIDS
- 22q11.2 deletion (DiGeorge) syndrome
- Hodgkin lymphoma if T-cell derived
- T-cell variant of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
- Prolonged corticosteroid use
- Solid organ transplantation (because of immunosuppressant treatment)
5
Q
Gram positive rods (bacilli)
A
ABCD L
- Actinomyces
- Bacillus anthracis (anthrax)
- Clostridium
- Diphtheria: Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Listeria monocytogenes
Also: Nocardia spp.
6
Q
Gram negative cocci
A
- Neisseria meningitidis
- Neisseria gonorrhea
- Moraxella catarrhalis
7
Q
Coagulase negative staphylococci
A
- S. epidermidis
- S. saprophyticus
