micro buzz words- GI

Question 1

acid fast oocyst

Answer 1

cyclosporidium parvum, isospora belli (with malabsorption= isospora)

Question 2

barrel shaped eggs with plugged ends

Answer 2

trichuris trichiura

Question 3

beaver fever

Answer 3

guardia lambía (pear shaped organism with 2 nuclei)

Question 4

black vomit

Answer 4

yellow fever

Question 5

chronic diarrhea in AIDS pt

Answer 5

cryptosporidium parvum, microsporidia, isospora belli, cyclospora cayetanensis

Question 6

clay pipestem fibrosis

Answer 6

shcistosoma mansoni

Question 7

colorless colonies on SMAC agar

Answer 7

EHEC

Question 8

cysticercosis

Answer 8

taenia sodium (pork tape worm eggs ingestion)

Question 9

dane particle

Answer 9

HBV

Question 10

flask shaped lesions

Answer 10

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

Question 11

floppy baby syndrome

Answer 11

clostridium botulinum

Question 12

gastric cancer

Answer 12

H pylori

Question 13

growth at 4 degrees celsius (temp of refrigerator)

Answer 13

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

Question 14

growth at 42 degrees celsius

Answer 14

campylobacter jejune (for incubation)

Question 15

HUS

Answer 15

EHEC

Question 16

hydatid cyst disease

Answer 16

echinococcus mutilocularis

Question 17

malabsorption syndrome

Answer 17

guardia lambía (+acid fast oocyst= isopsora)

Question 18

petting zoos

Answer 18

EHEC

Question 19

pseudoappendicitis

Answer 19

yersenia enterocolitica

Question 20

megaloblastic anemia

Answer 20

diphyllobthrium latum (fish tapeworm)

Question 21

monteozumas revenge

Answer 21

ETEC (travelers diarrhea)

Question 22

operculum (lid-like)

Answer 22

many worm eggs

Question 23

oval shaped eggs with lateral spine

Answer 23

schistosoma mansion

Question 24

proglottids

Answer 24

cestodes (tapeworms)

Question 25

pseudomembranous colitis

Answer 25

clostridia difficile (gram positive, strict anaerobe)

Question 26

rectal prolapse

Answer 26

trichiuras trichiura

Question 27

rice water diarrhea

Answer 27

vibrio cholera

Question 28

rose spots

Answer 28

salmonella type (typhoid fever)

Question 29

segull wings

Answer 29

helicobacter and campylobacter species

Question 30

scotch tape prep

Answer 30

enterobius vermicularis (pin worms)

Question 31

sushi worm

Answer 31

anisakis simplex (causes vomiting)

Question 32

whipple disease

Answer 32

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

Question 33

temporary lactose intolerance

Answer 33

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

Question 34

iron deficiency anemia

Answer 34

hookworms: necator duodenal and ancylostina duodenale

Question 35

myalgia from cyst in skeletal muscle

Answer 35

trichinella spiralis