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1
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stimulates g protein to activate adenylate cyclase

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cholera toxin

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2
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hand-foot-mouth disease + fevers, fecal oral route

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Coxsackie A virus

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hand-foot-mouth + myocarditis, muscle aches, GI distress

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Coxsackie B virus

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4
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nosocomial infection due to respirator

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

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5
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virulence of neisseria

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LPS

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6
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bug associated with guillian-burre

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campylobactor jejuni, mycoplasma pneumonia

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7
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activates the immune response resulting in increased cAMP

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salmonella

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8
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pseudomembranes in throat

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corynebacterium diptheriae

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9
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inactivates elongation factor 2 -> inhibiting protein synthesis

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corynebacterium diptheriae

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10
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swarming pattern on culture

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proteus mirabilis

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11
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struvate crystals with previous UTI - Mg NH4 PO4

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proteus mirabilis (staghorn caliculi)

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12
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meningitis from swimming in lakes

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naegleria fowleri (ameoba)

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13
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round infiltrates in the lungs, eosinophilia (maybe charcot leydin crystals) no eggs in stool (until 40 days)

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ascaris lumbricoides

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14
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drooling, dysphagia, distress, thumb sign

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epiglottis

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15
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cause of epiglottis

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H. flu

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16
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parainfluenza virus

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croup

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17
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caves, bird, bat droppings, hilar lymphadenopathy

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histoplasma capsulatum

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18
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dessert, california, arizona, small budding yeast

SSx: fever, chest pain, difficulty breathing, erythema nodosum

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coccidomycosis

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19
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halo sign in lungs, fungus ball, acute angle branching

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aspergillus

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20
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great lakes, ohio river valley, cutaneous symptoms, difficulty breathing

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blastomycosis

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21
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upper respiratory infections or pneumonia from mister or air conditioning units

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leigonella pneumophila

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22
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treatment for leigoneres disease

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fluoroquinolones

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23
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cultured on buffered charcoal yeast agar

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leigonella pneumophila

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24
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bacterial travelers diarrhea and prophylactic treatment

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ETEC, salmonella, campylobactor, shigella

Tx: ciprofloxacin

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viral travelers diarrhea

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rotavirus, norovirus

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26
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common causes of myocarditis

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T. cruzi, Coxsackie B virus, cornybacterium diptheria

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27
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stridor in a child, seal bark

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croup

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28
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respiratory distress, wheezing, trouble breathing in an infant, winter months

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RSV

Tx: ribavirin

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29
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recurrent pulmonary infections in CF patients

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pseudomonas aurginosa

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30
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common cause of pneumonia in alcoholics

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klebsiella (currant jelly sputum)

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31
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guillian-barre HS

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type IV

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32
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cutaneous fistula with yellow “sulfur” draining puss due to poor oral health care

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actinomyces israleii

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33
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How can you tell if a UTI is gram - or +

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gram negative is + for nitrites, gram positive is not

34
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Unique to Gram +

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teichoic acid

35
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Unique to Gram -

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LPS

36
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gray smelly vaginal discharge, clue cells on wet mount

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gardnerella vaginalis (bact vaginosis)

37
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palm and sole rash seen in what infections

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CARS - Coxsackie A, Rocky mountain spotted fever (rickettsia), Syphilis

38
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causes of walking pneumonia

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chlamydia, leigonella, mycoplasma

39
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seen mostly in diabetic ketoacidosis and leukemia patients, penetrates cribaform plate, black eschar on face, branching at right angles, non septate

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mucor and rhizopus

40
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cigar shaped budding yeast, forms a local pustule or ulcer with nodules along draining lymphatics

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sporothrix

41
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cat scratch with nodules along draining lymphatics

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bartonella henselae

42
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enlarged lymphnodes, recurrent fever, somnolence

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trypanosoma brucei

43
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transmission for T brucei

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tsetse fly

44
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transmission of babesia

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ixodes tick (same as borrela burgdorferi)

45
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fevers, hemolytic anemia, maltese cross

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babesia

46
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RBC schizont with merozoites, schuffner dots

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malaria

47
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treatment for malaria

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chloroquine, mefloquine if resistant, primaquine for vivax and ovale

48
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spiking fever, hepatosplenomegaly, pancytopenia

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leishmania

49
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transmission of leishmania

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sandfly

50
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Tx of leishmania

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sodium stibogluconate

51
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foul smelling green discharge with itching and burning

motile on wet mount

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trichamonas vaginalis (vaginitis)

52
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tx of schistosoma

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praziquantel

53
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brain cysts, seizures, parasite

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taenia solium (cystercercosis)

54
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All DNA viruses except _____ are dsDNA

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parvovirus (ssDNA)

55
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all DNA viruses are linear except

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papillomavirus, polyomavirus, hepadnaviruses (circular)

56
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All RNA viruses are ssRNA except

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reovirus (dsRNA) - rotavirus and coltivirus

57
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All DNA viruses replicate in the nucleus except

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poxvirus

58
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All RNA viruses replicate in the cytoplasm except

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influenza and retroviruses

59
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most viruses acquire their envelopes from the plasma membrane, except

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herpesvirus - from the nuclear membrane

60
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traumatic open wound infection

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clostridium perfringens

61
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surgical wound infection

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S aureus

62
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dog or cat bite

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pasteurella

63
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positive PAS stain

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tropheryma whipplie (whipples disease)

64
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asplenic patient

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SHiN - S. pneumo, H. influenza type B, N. meningitis

65
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chronic granulomatous patient infection

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catalase positive bugs esp S. aureus

66
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another name for croup

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laryngotracheobronchitis

67
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cause of croup

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parainfluenza virus (most common) and RSV, influenza, adenovirus

68
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diabetes drug causing weight gain and edema

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-glitazones

69
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AIDS associated diarrhea, acid fast cysts in stool

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cryptospordium parvum

70
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anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae ab

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associated with crohns

71
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high fever for 3-4 days, when the fever breaks a maculopapular rash appears starting on trunk and ascending to face, febrile seizures may occur

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roseolla HHV-6 and HHV-7

72
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afebrile, lacy rash starting on arms and then to cheeks, worse with sunlight

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erythema infectiosum (parvovirus B19) - fifths disease

73
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3 Cs - cough, coryza, conjunctivitis, gray specks on buccal mucosa, high fever

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Rubeola or mumps

74
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parotid gland swelling

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mumps

75
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opportunistic infection in AIDS CD4 < 500

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Candida, kaposi sarcoma

76
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opportunistic infection in AIDS CD4 < 200

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PCP, histoplasma, JC parvovirus (PML), coccidomycosis

77
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opportunistic infection in AIDS CD4 < 100

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toxoplasmosis, cryposporidia, cryptococcus, CMV

78
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opportunistic infection in AIDS CD4 < 50

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Mycobacterium avium complex

79
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causes of pseudomembranous colitis

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ampicillin and clindamycin

80
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tx of pseudomembranous colitis

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oral metronidazole or oral vancomycin

81
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cause of VIRAL pink eye - watery eyes, conjunctiva, swollen eyelids

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adenovirus, ds DNA non-enveloped

82
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findings AIDS associated demenita

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multinucleated giant cells

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