MIC Buzzword Quiz Flashcards
Which pathogen is associated with Toxic shock syndrome, scalded skin?
S. aureus (SSSS = 4th disease) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Prosthetics infection w/biofilms?
S. epidermidis Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with MC UTI in sexually active females?
S. saprophyticus Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Scarlet fever, Rheumatic fever?
S. pyogenes Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with M protein?
S. pyogenes Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Necrotizing fasciitis?
S. pyogenes (MC), [V. vulnificus] Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Neonatal meningitis?
S. agalactiae (GBS), E. coli, L. monocytogenes Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Subacute IE?
S. viridans (S. oralis, S. mutans, S. sanguis) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with G+ Pyogenic liver abscess?
S. anginosus (Within S. viridans), Enterococcus spp. Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Lancet-shaped (diplococci)?
S. pneumoniae Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with MOPS infection?
S. pneumoniae (Meningitis, AOM, CAP, Sinusitis) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with IgA1 protease, NanA, Pneumolysin?
S. pneumoniae Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Conjugated or Polysaccharide vac.?
S. pneumoniae (resp. PCV13 & PPV23) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Vaccination recommendation for post-splenectomy patients?
S. pneumoniae, N. meningitidis, Hib (Not routine) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with CNS infection in butchers / abattoirs?
S. suis Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Colon cancer due to infection?
S. bovis Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Wool sorter’s disease?
B. anthracis Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Fried rice syndrome?
B. cereus Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Early vomiting, late diarrhea?
B. cereus (Emetic & diarrheal toxins) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with DTaP-IPV vaccine?
C. diphtheriae, C. tetani, B. pertussis, Poliovirus (inact.) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Pseudomembranous colitis?
C. difficile Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Clindamycin-associated colitis?
C. difficile Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Double zone hemolysis?
C. perfringens Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Gas gangrene?
C. perfringens Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Tennis-racket / Drumstick?
C. tetani Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Toxoid vaccine?
C. tetani, C. diphtheriae Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Descending flaccid paralysis?
C. botulinum Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Honey for babies?
C. botulinum Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Dental abscess (lumpy jaw), sinus tract?
A. israelii (actinomycosis) Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Sulphur granules?
A. israelii Category: Gram positive bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Traveler’s diarrhoea?
ETEC, [G. duodenalis / lamblia] Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Haemolytic uremic syndrome HUS?
EHEC (O157:H7) Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with 3 ‘A’s: Alcohol, aspiration, abscess?
K. pneumoniae Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Mucoid colonies?
K. pneumoniae Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with AmpC beta-lactamases?
Enterobacter, Serratia, Citrobacter (“ESC”) Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Struvite, staghorn stone?
P. mirabilis Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Bacillary dysentery?
S. dysenteriae (S. flexneri, S. boydii, S. sonnei) Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Pulse-temp. deficit (Rel. bradycardia)?
S. typhi Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Rose spot, marginal leukopenia?
S. typhi Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Vi capsular, O9 somatic, d flagella Ag ?
S. typhi Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Non-typhoid + Black Hektoen Agar?
S. enteritidis Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Pyocyanin production?
P. aeruginosa Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Yellow colonies in TCBS agar?
V. cholerae Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Contaminated seafood & halophilic?
V. parahaemolyticus Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Skirrow medium, 42°C + Low O2?
Campylobacter spp. Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Reactive arthritis, LMN Sx?
C. jejuni, C. coli (GBS, ascending paralysis, paraesthesia) Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with GI malignancy risk factor?
H. pylori Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with MOPE infection?
H. influenzae (Meningitis, AOM, CAP, Epiglottitis) Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Chocolate agar?
H. influenzae Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Satellitism towards S. Aureus?
H. influenzae (S. Aureus gives NAD / factor V) Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Chancroid?
H. ducreyi Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Cysteine and Iron in BCYE?
L. pneumophila Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Nosocomial outbreak (contaminated water)?
L. pneumophila, [M. chimaera: OT equip. involving water] Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Whooping cough?
B. pertussis, [Parainfluenza virus: seal bark cough] Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Plague, Black death?
Y. pestis Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Bubonic, septicaemic, pneumonic?
Y. pestis Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Cat scratch fever?
B. henselae Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Kidney bean shaped diplococci?
Neisseria spp. Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome?
N. meningitidis, [P. aeruginosa] Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Close contact prophylaxis: Rifampicin?
N. meningitidis (Or: ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone) Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with A, B, C, Y, W135 serotypes?
N. meningitidis Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with NYC agar, Thayer-Martin agar?
N. gonorrhoeae Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with MOP infection?
M. catarrhalis Category: Gram negative bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with FP in Mantoux test (TST) due to BCG vac.?
M. tuberculosis (Latent TB) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Ridley-Jopling classification (Sx spectrum)?
M. leprae complex Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Exacerbation of pre-existing lung diseases, immunocompromised?
M. avium complex (MAC), M. abscessus etc. Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with MC infective blindness cause?
C. trachomatis serovar A-C Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Lymphogranuloma venereum?
C. trachomatis serovar L1-L3 Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Parrot fever?
C. psittaci (Psittacosis) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Fried-egg colonies?
Mycoplasma spp. [M. hominis] Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Cold AIHA infective cause?
M. pneumoniae, [EBV – mono.] (Cold agglutinins) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Non-gonococcal urethritis?
M. genitalium, U. urealyticum Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Dermacentor tick as vector?
R. rickettsii Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with OX2 or OX19 +ve in Weli-Felix test?
R. rickettsii Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Murine typhus?
R. typhi Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Flea as vector?
R. typhi, [Y. pestis – rat as hosts] Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Louse as vector, pediculosis-common areas?
R. prowazekii Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Brill-Zinsser disease?
R. prowazekii (epidemic typhus recrudescence) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with (Trombiculid) Mite as vector (in chigger form)?
O. tsutsugamushi Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with OXK +ve in Weli-Felix test?
O. tsutsugamushi Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Doughnut / fibrinous ring granuloma?
C. burnettii (Chronic granulomatous hepatitis) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Culture-negative endocarditis?
C. burnettii Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Yaws disease?
T. pallidum subsp. pertenue Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Argyll Robertson Pupils (small, not react to light)?
T. pallidum (Neurosyphilis) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Tree bark aortitis?
T. pallidum Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Painless chancre?
T. pallidum Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Tabes dorsalis?
T. pallidum (Neurosyphilis) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Rat urine in sewage?
L. interrogans Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Weil’s disease?
L. interrogans Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Ixodes scapularis tick as vector?
B. burgdorferi, [Babesia spp.] Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with Erythema migrans / Bull’s eye rash, Bell’s palsy?
B. burgdorferi (Lyme stages: 1- rash; 2- neuro Sx) Category: Atypical bacteria
Which pathogen is associated with MSM, right liver lobe being more common?
E. histolytica Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Hot stool trophozoite Dx?
E. histolytica Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with PARA-stain or trichrome stain?
E. histolytica Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Ingested RBCs?
E. histolytica (otherwise maybe E. dispar, E. moskovskii) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Falling leaf motility?
Giardia duodenalis Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Steatorrhea / watery diarrhoea?
G. duodenalis (Traveller’s diarrhoea) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Fulminant / Chronic diarrhoea in 50-100 CD4?
Cryptosporidium parvum Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Acid fast oocysts, chlorination tolerance?
Cryptosporidium parvum Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Pear-shaped trophozoite w/o cyst stage?
Trichomonas vaginalis Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Jerking & Twitching (Corkscrew) motility?
Trichomonas vaginalis Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Feinberg medium culture?
Trichomonas vaginalis Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Schizonts?
Plasmodium spp. Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Artesunate + Doxycycline / Mefloquine?
Plasmodium spp. (esp. P. falciparum) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Blackwater Fever?
P. falciparum Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Tertian Fever, hepatic hypnozoites?
P. vivax, P. ovale Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Quartan Fever?
P. malariae Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Primate malaria?
P. knowlesi Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Maltese cross RBCs?
B. microti Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with 2’ achalasia due to infection?
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease causing megaesophagus) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Kissing Bugs transmission?
Trypanosoma cruzi Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Felines as definite host, mimic flu/mono?
T. gondii (immunocompetent) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Encephalitis in 50-100 CD4 count +/- pneumonitis, chorioretinitis?
T. gondii (brain toxoplasmosis) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Chorioretinitis + intracranial calcifications + hydrocephalus?
T. gondii (congenital toxoplasmosis) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Sandfly as vector?
Leishmania spp. Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Kala-azar, Black Fever?
Leishmania donovani (spleno > hepatomegaly) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Amoebic (meningo)encephalitis?
Naegleri fowleri (PAM), Acanthamoeba castellani (granulomatous) Category: Protozoans
Which pathogen is associated with Egg deposits (histology) + Granuloma?
Schistosoma spp. Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Swimmer’s itch?
Schistosoma spp. Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Ova with terminal spine in urine?
S. haematobium Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Haematuria & Bladder calculus / SqCC?
S. haematobium Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Cirrhosis in non-viral infection?
S. mansoni, S. japonicum Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Recurrent pyogenic cholangitis & CA risk, freshwater fish?
Clonorchis sinensis Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Albendazole or praziquantel as Tx?
Clonorchis sinensis Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Inadequately cooked crustaceans?
Paragonimus westermani Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Parasite + Cough w/blood-tinged sputum?
Paragonimus westermani Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Effusion w/pleural fluid LDH >1000 IU/L (ref. MRCP)?
Paragonimus westermani (Pleural paragonimiasis) Category: Platyhelminths (flukes)
Which pathogen is associated with Proglottids in stool as Dx?
Taenia spp. Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Raw beef ingestion + abdominal pain?
T. saginata Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Cysticercosis, neurocysticercosis?
T. solium Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Consuming raw or undercooked pork?
T. solium, [T. spiralis, T. gondii, C. jejuni] Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Undercooked fish, B12 def.?
D. latum Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Hydatid disease?
Echinococcus spp. Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Cyst rupture causing HSR & anaphylaxis?
E. granulosus (en-bloc cyst excision) Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Puncture, aspiration, inject, re-aspiration as Mx?
E. granulosus Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)
Which pathogen is associated with Alveolar hydatid cyst disease?
E. multilocularis Category: Platyhelminths (cestodes/flatworms)