Micro Buzzwords- GI Flashcards
1
Q
Barrel shaped eggs with plugged ends
A
Trichuris trichuria
2
Q
Beaver fever
A
Giardia lamblia
3
Q
Black vomit
A
Yellow fever (vector: Aedes mosquito)
4
Q
Chronic diarrhea in AIDS patient
A
Cryptosporidium parvum
5
Q
Clay pipestem fibrosis
A
Schistosoma mansoni (fibrosis of the portal vein)
6
Q
Colorless colonies on SMAC agar
A
EHEC (doesn’t ferment sorbitol)
7
Q
Cysticercosis
A
Tania solium
8
Q
Dane particle
A
HBV
9
Q
Flask-shaped lesions
A
Entamoeba histolytica
10
Q
Floppy baby syndrome
A
Clostridium botulinum
11
Q
Gastric cancer
A
Helicobacter pylori
12
Q
Growth at 4oC
A
Listeria monocytogenes
13
Q
Growth at 42oC
A
Campylobacter jejuni
14
Q
HUS
A
Shigella or EHEC
15
Q
Hydatid cyst disease
A
Echinococcus spp. (inject cyst with ethanol)