Micro Buzzwords-Neuro Flashcards

1
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Broad-based budding yeast

A

Blastomyces dermatidis

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2
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CAMP-positive

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Listeria monocytogenes

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3
Q

Cold selection

A

Listeria monocytogenes

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4
Q

Encapsulated yeast

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Cryptococcus neoformans

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5
Q

Floppy baby

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Clostridium botulinum

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6
Q

Grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar

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H. influenzae B

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7
Q

Home canning

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Clostridium botulinum

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8
Q

India ink stain

A

Cryptococcus neoformans (also mucicarmine)

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9
Q

K1 capsular antigen

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Main virulence factor for E. coli meningitis

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10
Q

Kidney-bean shaped diplococci

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Niesseria meningitidis

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11
Q

Koplik spots

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Measles (rubeola)

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12
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Lancet-shaped diplococci

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S. pneumoniae

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13
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Negri body

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Rabies (rhabdovirus)

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14
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Neurocysticercosis

A

Tania solium

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15
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Owl’s-eye inclusion

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CMV

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16
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Positive VDRL/RPR test

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Treponema pallidum

17
Q

Ring-enhancing lesions

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Either neurocysticercosis or T. gondii

18
Q

Sausage-shaped gametocyte

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Plasmodim falciparum

19
Q

Spherule

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Coccidiodes immitis

20
Q

Temporal lobe encephalitis

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HSV-1

21
Q

Tzank smear

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HSV

22
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Waterhouse-Friedrichsen

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N. meningitidis

23
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Weakly acid fast branching rods

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Nocardia spp.