micro buzz words- GI Flashcards

1
Q

acid fast oocyst

A

cyclosporidium parvum, isospora belli (with malabsorption= isospora)

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2
Q

barrel shaped eggs with plugged ends

A

trichuris trichiura

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3
Q

beaver fever

A

guardia lambía (pear shaped organism with 2 nuclei)

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4
Q

black vomit

A

yellow fever

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5
Q

chronic diarrhea in AIDS pt

A

cryptosporidium parvum, microsporidia, isospora belli, cyclospora cayetanensis

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6
Q

clay pipestem fibrosis

A

shcistosoma mansoni

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7
Q

colorless colonies on SMAC agar

A

EHEC

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8
Q

cysticercosis

A

taenia sodium (pork tape worm eggs ingestion)

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9
Q

dane particle

A

HBV

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10
Q

flask shaped lesions

A

entamoeba histolytic (causes bloody diarrhea and liver cysts/abscesses, 4 nuclei, chitin wall, resistant to gastric acid)

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11
Q

floppy baby syndrome

A

clostridium botulinum

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12
Q

gastric cancer

A

H pylori

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13
Q

growth at 4 degrees celsius (temp of refrigerator)

A

listeria monocytogenes, yersinia enterocolitica, aeromonas spp, plesiomonas shigelloides, pseudomonas spp, molds

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14
Q

growth at 42 degrees celsius

A

campylobacter jejune (for incubation)

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15
Q

HUS

A

EHEC

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16
Q

hydatid cyst disease

A

echinococcus mutilocularis

17
Q

malabsorption syndrome

A

guardia lambía (+acid fast oocyst= isopsora)

18
Q

petting zoos

A

EHEC

19
Q

pseudoappendicitis

A

yersenia enterocolitica

20
Q

megaloblastic anemia

A

diphyllobthrium latum (fish tapeworm)

21
Q

monteozumas revenge

A

ETEC (travelers diarrhea)

22
Q

operculum (lid-like)

A

many worm eggs

23
Q

oval shaped eggs with lateral spine

A

schistosoma mansion

24
Q

proglottids

A

cestodes (tapeworms)

25
Q

pseudomembranous colitis

A

clostridia difficile (gram positive, strict anaerobe)

26
Q

rectal prolapse

A

trichiuras trichiura

27
Q

rice water diarrhea

A

vibrio cholera

28
Q

rose spots

A

salmonella type (typhoid fever)

29
Q

segull wings

A

helicobacter and campylobacter species

30
Q

scotch tape prep

A

enterobius vermicularis (pin worms)

31
Q

sushi worm

A

anisakis simplex (causes vomiting)

32
Q

whipple disease

A

tropheryma whippelii (wasting, arthralgia, weight loss due to impaired lymphatic transport)

33
Q

temporary lactose intolerance

A

guardia lambía (villous blunting, decreased expression of enzymes such as lactase)

34
Q

iron deficiency anemia

A

hookworms: necator duodenal and ancylostina duodenale

35
Q

myalgia from cyst in skeletal muscle

A

trichinella spiralis