Micro Buzzwords-Neuro Flashcards by Molly Philbin

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Broad-based budding yeast

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Blastomyces dermatidis

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CAMP-positive

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Cold selection

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Listeria monocytogenes

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Encapsulated yeast

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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Floppy baby

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Clostridium botulinum

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Grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar

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H. influenzae B

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Home canning

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Clostridium botulinum

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India ink stain

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Cryptococcus neoformans (also mucicarmine)

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K1 capsular antigen

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Main virulence factor for E. coli meningitis

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Kidney-bean shaped diplococci

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Niesseria meningitidis

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Koplik spots

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Measles (rubeola)

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Lancet-shaped diplococci

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S. pneumoniae

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Negri body

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Rabies (rhabdovirus)

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Neurocysticercosis

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Tania solium

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Owl’s-eye inclusion

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CMV

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Positive VDRL/RPR test

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Treponema pallidum

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Ring-enhancing lesions

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Either neurocysticercosis or T. gondii

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Sausage-shaped gametocyte

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Plasmodim falciparum

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Spherule

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Coccidiodes immitis

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Temporal lobe encephalitis

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HSV-1

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Tzank smear

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HSV

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Waterhouse-Friedrichsen

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N. meningitidis

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Weakly acid fast branching rods

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Nocardia spp.