Micro Buzzwords Flashcards
1
Q
broad based budding yeast
A
blastomyces
2
Q
bull neck
A
corynebacterium diphtheriae
3
Q
catcher’s stance
A
H. flu type b
4
Q
cherry red epiglottitis
A
H. flu type b
5
Q
cold-agglutinin +
A
mycoplasma pneumoniae
6
Q
consumption
A
TB
7
Q
cottage cheese granuloma
A
TB
8
Q
currant jelly sputum
A
Klebsiella pneumoniae
9
Q
dented helmets
A
Pneumocystisi jiroveci/carinii
10
Q
downey cell
A
EBV (heterophile +), CMV (heterophile -)
11
Q
farmer’s lung
A
allergic aspergillosis, thermophilic actinomyces
12
Q
fungal ball
A
aspergillosis (aspergilloma)
13
Q
grape-like smell in culture
A
pseudomonas aeruginosa
14
Q
green sputum in CF pts
A
pseudomonas aeruginosa
15
Q
grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar
A
H. flu