micro buzz words- respiratory

Question 1

broad based budding yeast

Answer 1

blastomyces dermatitis

Question 2

bull neck

Answer 2

corynebacterium diphtheriae

Question 3

catchers stance

Answer 3

haemophilus influenza type B

Question 4

cherry red epiglottis

Answer 4

haemophilus influenza type B

Question 5

cold-agglutinin positive

Answer 5

mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 6

consumption

Answer 6

tuberculosis

Question 7

collage cheese granuloma

Answer 7

mycobacterium tuberculosis

Question 8

currant jelly sputum

Answer 8

klebsiella pneumoniae

Question 9

dented helmets

Answer 9

pneumocystis jiroveci (PC)

Question 10

downey cell

Answer 10

EBV; heterophil positive cytomegalovirus; heterophiles negative

Question 11

farmers lung

Answer 11

allergic aspergillosis

Question 12

fungal ball

Answer 12

aspergilloma, aspergillus spp

Question 13

grape like smell in culture

Answer 13

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 14

green sputum in cystic fibrosis patient

Answer 14

pseudomonas aeruginosa

Question 15

grows on chocolate agar, but not blood agar

Answer 15

Haemophilus influenza

Question 16

heterophiles antibody positive

Answer 16

EBV

Question 17

kidney been shaped diplococci

Answer 17

neisseria spp

Question 18

kopek spot

Answer 18

measles (paramyxovirus, negative sense, ssRNA, enveloped)

Question 19

lancet-shaped diplococci

Answer 19

streptococcus pneumoniae

Question 20

mediastinal widening

Answer 20

bacillus anthracis

Question 21

nonfermenter

Answer 21

pseudomonas, legionella, burkholderia, bordatela pertussis, acinetobacter, moraxella

Question 22

owl’s eye inclusion

Answer 22

CMV

Question 23

parrot fever

Answer 23

psittacosis, chlamydophila psittaci

Question 24

pilots wheel

Answer 24

paracoccidioides brasiliensis

Question 25

rabbit fever

Answer 25

francisella tularensis

Question 26

rust colored sputum

Answer 26

streptococcus pneumoniae; paragonimus westermani (lung fluke)- sputum will have parasitic eggs

Question 27

safety pin staining

Answer 27

yersinia pestis

Question 28

salmon-colored sputum

Answer 28

staphylococcus aereus

Question 29

seal bark cough

Answer 29

RSV (paramyxovirus, negative sense, ss, RNA envelope)

Question 30

spherule

Answer 30

coccidioides

Question 31

swimming pool conjunctivitis

Answer 31

adenovirus (non enveloped dsDNA)

Question 32

valley fever

Answer 32

coccidioide immitis

Question 33

weakly acid fast branching rods

Answer 33

nordocaria

Question 34

wool-sorter disease

Answer 34

bacillus anthracis