Micro buzzwords

Question 1

Neonatal sepsis

Answer 1

Group B strep (S. agalactiae)
E coli
Listeria monocytogenes

Question 2

infant w/ poor muscle tone

Answer 2

C. botulinum

Question 3

diarrhea after using abx

Answer 3

C. diff

Question 4

Gray-white membrane in posterior pharynx of an unvaccinated child

Answer 4

c. diphtheriae

Question 5

Nodular skin disease containing gram + filamentous rod that are partially acid fast

Answer 5

Nocardia

Question 6

Gram + rod spread in unpasturized milk and contaminated deli meat

Answer 6

listeria monocytogenes

Question 7

Respiratory distress in postal worker

Answer 7

b. anthracis

Question 8

Spread by animal urine

Answer 8

Leptospira

hanta virus - rodents

Question 9

Rashes on palms and soles

Answer 9

“drive Kawaski CARS w/ hands and feet”

Kawasaki dz
Coxsackie A virus
Rocky mountain spotted fever
secondary Syphilis

Question 10

False + VRDL

Answer 10

VRDL:
Viruses - EBV
Drugs - IV drug users
Rheumatic fever
Lupus, Leprosy

All autoimmune dz, pregnancy

Question 11

Atypical pneumonia

Answer 11

Legionella pneumophila
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Mycoplasma pneumonia

Empiric tx: azithromycin

Question 12

clue cells, fishy discharge, change in bacterial flora

Answer 12

Gardnerella vaginalis

Question 13

rash on palms and soles, spread by ticks, fever, HA

Answer 13

rocky mt spotted fever

Question 14

central rash and spreads outwards, spread by fleas, fever, HA

Answer 14

rickettsia typhi

Question 15

urethritis, ectopic pregnancy, infertility

Answer 15

chlamydia trachomatis

Question 16

College student, prolonged cough, reticulonodular infiltration

Answer 16

mycoplasma pneumoniae

Question 17

sheep placenta exposure, fever, pneumonia, endocarditis

Answer 17

Q fever - coxiella burnetti