Micro Buzzwords- Hem/Onc Flashcards
Bacillary angiomatosis
Bartonella henselae (in AIDS, has neutrophilic infiltrate, Kaposi will have lymphocytic)
Black vomit
Yellow fever virus (Vector: Aedes mosquito)
Blackwater fever
Hemolytic crisis of Malaria infection in which hemoglobin is released in the urine
Blueberry muffin baby
CMV (rubella = mulberry)
Break-bone fever
Dengue fever
Bull’s-eye rash
Erythema migrans (B. burgdorferi)
Downey cell (atypical lymphocyte)
Reactive CD8 T-cell to EBV infected B cell
Eggs with lateral spine
Schistosoma mansoni
Eggs with terminal spine
Schistosoma hematobium
Heterophile antibody
EBV mononucleosis
Hypnozoite
Plasmodium vivax
Maltese cross
Babesia microti
Morula
Ehrlichiosis and Anaplasmosis
Owl’s-eye inclusion
CMV
Rabbit fever
Francisella tularemia
Rash on hands/feet spreads to trunk
RMSF R. rickettsiae (vector: dermacentor tick)
Ring forms inside RBCs
Plasmodium spp. Or Babesia microti
Romaña sign
Chagas disease (T. cruzi)
Safety-pin (bipolar) staining
Yersenia pestis
Sausage-shaped gametocyte
Plasmodium falciparum
Schuffner dots
Plasmodium vivax or ovale
Black poisen
Leishmania donovani (“Kala-azar”)