Micro Buzzwords- GI Flashcards by Molly Philbin

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Barrel shaped eggs with plugged ends

A

Trichuris trichuria

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Beaver fever

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Giardia lamblia

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Black vomit

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Yellow fever (vector: Aedes mosquito)

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Chronic diarrhea in AIDS patient

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Cryptosporidium parvum

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Clay pipestem fibrosis

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Schistosoma mansoni (fibrosis of the portal vein)

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Colorless colonies on SMAC agar

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EHEC (doesn’t ferment sorbitol)

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Cysticercosis

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Tania solium

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Dane particle

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HBV

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Flask-shaped lesions

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Entamoeba histolytica

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Floppy baby syndrome

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Clostridium botulinum

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Gastric cancer

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Helicobacter pylori

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Growth at 4oC

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Growth at 42oC

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Campylobacter jejuni

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HUS

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Shigella or EHEC

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Hydatid cyst disease

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Echinococcus spp. (inject cyst with ethanol)

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Malabsorption syndrome

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Cystoisospora belli if AIDS; Giardia lamblia otherwise (esp. if IgA def.)

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Petting zoos

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HUS (EHEC)

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Pseudoappendicitis

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Yersenia enterocolitica

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Megaloblastic anemia

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Diphyllobothrium latum

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Montezuma’s revenge

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ETEC

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Oval-shaped eggs with lateral spine

A

Schistosoma mansoni

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Proglottids

A

Any cestode (tapeworm)

Q

Pseudomembranous colitis

A

Clostridium difficile

Q

Rectal prolapse

A

Trichuris trichuria

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Rice water diarrhea

A

Vibrio cholera

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Rose spots

A

Salmonella typhi (typhoid)

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Seagull wings

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Campylobacter jejuni

Q

Scotch tape prep

A

Enterobius vermicularis

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Sushi worm

A

Anasakis simplex

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Whipple disease

A

Trophyrema whippelei