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What organism causes achalasia?

A

Trypanosoma crusi (Chaga’s disease)

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Organism causing rectal prolapse

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Trichuris trichuria

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Most common cause of atypical pneumoniae

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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3
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No cell wall

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Organism that gives a (+) cold agglutinin

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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Fried egg appearance

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Myocoplasma

Oligodendroglioma

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6
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Etiologic agent of bronchiolitis

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RSV

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Most common cause of infantile diarrhea

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RSV

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Vector for the Japanese encephalitis

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Culex

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India Ink

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Cryptococcus neoformans

encapsulated yeast

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In a low resource setting, what is used to diagnose chlamydia

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Giemsa stain

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Most common cause of non-gonoccocal urethritis

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Chlamydia

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Blindness secondary to chlamydial infection is secondary to

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Corneal scarring

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13
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Special stain used for cryptosporidium

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Modified (Kinyoun’s) Acid Fast

Causes diarrhea

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Most common cause of infectious diarrhea in an AIDS patient

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Cryptosporidium

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Smear for Herpes

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Tzanck smear

DOC: Acyclovir

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Flask-shaped ulcers colon

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Entamoeba hystolitica

Invaded layer: submucosa

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Amebic abscess (liver abscess) is caused by

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Entamoeba hystolitica

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Anchovy paste appearance

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Amoebic abscess (E. hystolicta)

Most feared complication: Amoebic pericarditis

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Spaghetti and meatballs

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Tinea Versicolor (Pityriasis)

Malassezia furfur

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Sporotrix Shenckii

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Rose garderner’s disease

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Mariner’s wheel/Pilot’s wheel

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Paracoccidiodes Brasilienses

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Broad-based budding yeast

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

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Stain used in P. jiroveci

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Methenamine Silver

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DOC of P. jiroveci

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TMP-SMX

Back-up drug: Pentamidine

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Most common cause of pneumonia in AIDS patient

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P. jiroveci

Order of infection:
MTB > P. jiroveci > MAI

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Oriental lung fluke

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Paragonimus westermani

PTB-like symptoms (hemoptysis)
Pulmonary distomiasis

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Eating raw cray fish or raw crabs

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Paragonimus westermani

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Organism associated with cholangiocarcinoma

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Clonorchis sinensis

Chinese liver fluke

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Re-heated fried rice

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B. cereus

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30
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Urinary bladder CA

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Schistosoma hematobium

He-matobium cases He-maturia
Terminal spine
DOC: Praziquantel

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Intermediate host for S. japonicum

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Oncomelania quadrasi

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Katayama fever

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S. japonicum

Lateral spine

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33
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Swimmer’s itch

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S. japonicum

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34
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Intermediate host of C. philippinensis

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Pila Luzonica

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35
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Areas endemic to schistosomiasis

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Mindoro Oriental
Sorsogon
Samar
Leyte
Bohol

By region: 
Surigao, Agusan del Norte
Northern Samar
Eastern Samar
Leyte
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36
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Neurocysticercosis

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Taenia solium

Pork tapeworm

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37
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Most common CNS infection in the WORLD

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Neurocysticercosis

Presents with: SEIZURES and HEADACHE

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Hydatid cyst

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Dog tapeworm

Echinococcus granulosis

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39
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Most common cause of splenic cyst (if parasitic)

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Echinococcus granulosus

Dog tapeworm

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Diphylobothrium latum leads to

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Vitamin B12 deficiency

Megaloblastic or pernicious anemia

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41
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Longest tapeworm

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Diphylobothrium latum

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42
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Loeffler’s syndrome (type of pneumonia)

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Ascaris lumbricoides

Erratic/wandering behavior
Scariest worm
Most common parasite in the Philippines

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43
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DOC for Ascaris lumbricoides

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Pyrantel pamoate

Mebendazole

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44
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Scotch tape method

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E. vermicularis

Pinworm, seatworm

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45
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Pruritus ani

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E. vermicularis

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46
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DOC for E. vermicularis

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Pyrantel pamoate

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47
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Organisms that cause auto-infection

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Enterobious

Strongylodes

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48
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Bipolar plugs ova

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Trichuris trichiura

Nipple or lemon shape

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49
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Complication of whipwhorm

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Complication: rectal prolapse

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50
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Loa-Loa

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Deerfly

2 discrete nuclei at the tail

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51
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Calabar swelling

52
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Black eschar

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Bacillus anthracis (cutaneous)

Malignant pustule
Painless ulcers

53
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Woolsorter’s disease

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Bacillus anthrax (pulmonary)

54
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Cutaneous larva migrans

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Ancyclostoma brasilienses

“A cute Brasilian”

55
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Visceral larva migrans

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Toxocara canis

Affects the sclera

56
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River blindness

A

Onchocerca volvulus

Vector: black fly

57
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Medusa head colonies

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Bacillus anthrax

58
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Myonecrosis

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Gas gangrene

Clostridium perfringens
Crepitations: gas in the subcutaneous tissue

59
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Treatment for myonecrosis

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Hyperbaric oxygen

60
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Bend’s disease is also known as

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Caisson’s disease/Cheyne stoke’s

Treatment: hyperbaric oxygen (for anaerobic infection)

61
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Death march of Bataan

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Gas gangrene

62
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Friedlander’s bacillus is also known as

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

63
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Currant jelly sputum/colonies

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Klebsiella pneumoniae

64
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Falling leaf motility

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Giardia lamblia

Smiling face with a prominent eyes

65
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Shanghai fever

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

66
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Bacillus pyocyanius

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pyocyanin (blue pus)
2 pigments: pyoverdin and pyocyanin

67
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Most common ventilator-associated pnuemonia

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

68
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Organism most commonly seen in extensive burns

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

69
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2 infections in cystic fibrosis

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Staph aureus

70
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Fruity/grape-like odor

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

71
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DOC for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Ceftazidime

72
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Icthyma gangrenosum

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Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Decubitus ulcer

73
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Yellow sulfur granules

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Actinomyces israeli

74
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Lumpy jaw

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Actinomyces israeli

Presenting as abscess in the jaw

75
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Diabetic with black nasal discharges/granules

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Mucor mycosis

Fatal

76
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Tumbling motility

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Listeria monocytogenes

Neonatal meningitis

77
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Organism associated with unpasteurized milk and coleslaw

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Listeria monocytogenes

Brucella

78
Q

Airconditioned units

A

Legionella

Pneumonia with hyponatremia
Cooling towers

79
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Pontiac fever

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Legionella + high grade fever

80
Q

Packs of cigars

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Myocbacterium leprae

81
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Cigar-shaped yeast

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Sporothrix shenckii

82
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Hansen’s disease is also known as

83
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Chinese character appearance

A

Corynebacterium diptheriae

84
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Shepherd’s crook

A

Chilomastix mesnili

“Shepherds have stix”

85
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Bacteria presents as school of fish appearance

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Lymphogranuloma venerum

86
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Draughtsman or carom coin appearance

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Pneumococci

87
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Relapsing fever

A

Borellia recurrentis

88
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Malta fever

A

Brucella

Undulant fever
Relapsing fever

89
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Organism associated with colon CA? gastric CA? Cholangiocarcinoma? Cervical CA?

A

Colon: Strep. bovis
Gastric: H. pylori
Cholangiocarcinoma: Chlonorchis sinensis
Cervical CA: HPV 16 and 18

90
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EBV is associated with?

A

Nasopharyngeal CA

Burkitt’s lymphoma

91
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Anasakis is associated with what CA

A

Stomach CA

92
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Organism associated with Lyme disease

A

Borrelia burgdorferi

Ixodes tick

93
Q

Rash associated with Lyme disease

A

Erythema chonicum migrans

Target/Bull’s eye lesion

94
Q

Ixodes tick is associated with

A 
Babesia microti
Lyme disease (Borrelia)
95
Q

Rocky mountain spotted fever

A

Rickettsia rickettsi

Camping or great outdoor

96
Q

Recrudescent typhus

A

Rickettsiae prowazekii

Brill-Zeinsser disease

97
Q

Q fever

A

Coxiella burnetti

Only rickettsial species not transmitted by arthropods

98
Q

Only rickettsial species not transmitted by arthropods

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Coxiella burnetti (Q fever)

Transmitted through fomites

99
Q

Safety pin appearance

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Yersinia pestis

100
Q

Bubonic plague

A

Yersinia pestis

101
Q

What causes tissue damage in PTB

A

Cord factor (trehalose mycolate)

102
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Cherry red colonies

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Serratia marcescens

103
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Golden yellow colonies

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Staphyloccocus aureus

Yellow pigment ~ Staphyloxanthin

104
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UTI in young sexually active female

A

Staph. saprophyticus

105
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Most common etiologic agent of UTI

106
Q

Food poisoning associated with mayonnaise

A

Staphylococcal food poisoning

Picnic/party with N/V and diarrhea
Toxin: Enterotoxin

107
Q

Swarming growth

A

Proteus mirabilis/vulgaris

UTI and kidney stones (staghorn calculi)
Swarming growth is due to the flagella (peritrichous)

108
Q

Urease-producing organisms

A

H. pylori

Proteus

109
Q

Colonies show a stalactile growth

A

Yersinia pestis

110
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Greenish metallic sheen

111
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Honeymoon cystitis

112
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Bacteriologic index of water

113
Q

Montezuma’s revenge

A

E. coli

Traveller’s diarrhea

114
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Type of E. coli that causes HUS

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Enterohemorrhagic

Shiga-like toxin, Veratoxin

115
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Serotype of HUS in children

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Serotype 0157

116
Q

Thayer Martin culture

117
Q

Squamous epithelial cells surrounded by bacteria

A

Clue cells

118
Q

Clue cells

A

Bacterial vaginosis

To diagnose: Amsel’s criteria

119
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Fishy odor of the vagina

A

Bacterial vaginosis

120
Q

Strawberry cervix

A

Trichomonas vaginalis

DOC: Metronidazole

121
Q

Whiff’s test

A

Bacterial vaginosis

122
Q

Bullet-shaped organism

123
Q

Incomplete virus

A

Hepatitis D

124
Q

Beneficial enteric bacteria

A

Lactobacillus

125
Q

Pea soup stool + rose spots

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Typhoid fever (S. typhi)

126
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Rice water stool

127
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Auramine rhodamine stain is also known as the

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Acid fast stain

Used for PTB

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