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Micro Buzzwords-Respiratory Flashcards

1
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Broad-based budding yeast

A

Blastomyces dermatidis

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2
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Bull neck

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Corynebacterium diphtheriae or Mumps (paramyxovirus)

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3
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Catcher’s stance

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Haemophilus influenza B epiglottitis

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4
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Cherry red epiglottis

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Haemophilus influenza B

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5
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Cold-agglutinin positive

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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6
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Consumption

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Old name for Tuberculosis

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7
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Cottage-cheese granuloma

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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8
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Currant jelly sputum

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K. pneumoniae (note that this is intestinal normal flora… common in alcoholics and diabetes (gastroparesis) d/t aspiration)

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9
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Dented helmets

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Pneumocystis jiroveci

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10
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Downey cell

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Herpes virus causing pharyngitis (CMV or EBV)

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11
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Farmer’s lung

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Allergic aspergillosis (hypersensitivity)

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12
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Fungal ball

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Aspergillosis (aspergilloma) (noninvasive)

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13
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Grape-like smell in culture

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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14
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Green sputum in cystic fibrosis patient

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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15
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Grows on chocolate agar, not on blood agar

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H. influenza (factor V (NAD) and factor X (heme))

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16
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Heterophile antibody-positive

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Epstein-Barr virus

17
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Kidney bean-shaped diplococci

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Neisseria meningitidis

18
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Koplik spot

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Measles (paramyxovirus: enveloped (-) ssRNA)

19
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Lancet-shaped diplococci

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Streptococcus pneumonia

20
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Many PMNs in sputum, no organisms seen

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Mycoplasma pneumonia (atypical pneumonia)

21
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Mediastinal widening

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Bacillus anthracis

22
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Nonfermenter

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Acinetobacter, Bordatella, Burkholderia, Legionella, Moraxella, Pseudomonas

23
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Owl’s eye inclusion

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CMV: heterophile negative

24
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Parrot fever

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Chlamydophila psittaci

25
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Pilot’s wheel

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Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis

26
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Rabbit fever

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Francisella tularensis (Buffered charcoal yeast agar, cysteine glucose blood agar)

27
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Rust-colored sputum

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Streptococcus pneumonia, P. westermani (will have parasitic eggs in sputum)

28
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Safety pin staining

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Yersinia pestis

29
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Salmon-colored sputum

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S. aureus

30
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Seal bark cough

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Parainfluenza – paramyxovirus

31
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Spherule

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Coccidiodes immitis

32
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Swimming-pool conjunctivitis

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Adenovirus

33
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Valley Fever

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Coccidiodes immitis

34
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Weakly acid fast branching rods

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Nocardia spp.

35
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Wool-sorter disease

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B. anthracis

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