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MicroPara Flashcards

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Antifungals that inhibit beta glucan synthesis decreasing fungal cell wall synthesis

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Echinocandins

caspofungin

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Antifungal that blocks nucleic acid synthesis by inhibiting both DNA and RNA polymerases

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Flucytosine

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3
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Dermatophytes affecting skin and hair

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Microsporum

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4
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Dermatophyte culturable only in media enriched with C12-C14 fatty acids

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Malassezia furfur

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5
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gardener’s disease
local pustule/ulcer with nodule
with ascending lymphangitis

rosette cluster of conidia

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Sporotrichosis / rose hander’s dse

Sporothrix schenkii

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6
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The only gram positive bacteria that produces LPS

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Listeria monocytogenes

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7
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All systemic mycoses are yeasts in warm temp (37 deg) except

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Coccidioides

spherule in tissues

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8
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monoclonal antibody for prevention of RSV

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Palivizumab

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9
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Double hemolysis on blood agar plate

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Clostridium perfringens

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10
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only RNA virus with a double stranded genome

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Reoviridae (Rotavirus)

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11
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Most common cause of childhood diarrhea (viral gastroenteritis)

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Rotavirus

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12
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Selective medium for Neisseria containing vancomycin, nystatin, colistin and trimethoprim

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Thayer Martin Agar

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13
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Most common infectious cause of SJS

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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14
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Only bacteria with cholesterol in the cell membrane

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Mycoplasma pneemoniae

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15
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Tiniest free-living organism capable of self-replication

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae

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16
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Downey cells are seen in

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EBV

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17
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The only single-stranded DNA virus

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Parvovirus

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18
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The only double-stranded RNA virus

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Reovirus

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19
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The first filterable human infectious agent

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Yellow fever virus

Walter Reed

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20
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Sterilizing temperature

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121 degrees for 15 minutes

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21
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Urease + organisms

8

A 
CHuck hates PUNKSS
Cryptococcus
H pylori
Proteus
Ureaplasma
Nocardia
Klebsiella
S epidermidis
S saprophyticus
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22
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shooting star or fast darting motility is seen in

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vibrio cholera

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23
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most common cause of atypical pneumonia

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mycoplasma pneumoniae

24
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most common cause of subacute bacterial endocarditis and native valve endocarditis

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viridans strep

25
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Halberstaedter - Prowazek inclusions are seen in

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Chlamydia trachomatis

26
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Encapsulated bacteria

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Some Killers Have Pretty Nice Elegant Shiny Bodies

Strep pneumo
Klebsiella
Hib
Pseudomonas
Neisseria gonorrhea
E coli
Salmonella
B strep
27
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Lactose fermenters

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test with macConKEE’S
Citrobacter
Klebsiella
E coli
Enterobacter
Serratia
28
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causative agent of typhlitis (necrotizing enterocolitis)

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pseudomonas aeruginosa

29
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influenza subtype referred to as “bird flu”

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H5N1

30
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most common cause of epidemic encephalitis

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Jap B enceph

31
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Operculated eggs are seen in

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All trematodes/flukes (except Schistosoma) and Diphyllobothrium latum (cestode)

32
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DOC for all trematodes/flukes (except fasciola hepatica)

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Praziquantel

Fasciola hepatica - Triclabendazole

33
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intermediate host of paragonimus westermani

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sundathelphusa philippina

mountain crab

34
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African sleeping sickness is transmitted by

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Tsetse fly

Glossina

35
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DOC for acute american trypanosomiasis

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Nifurtimox

36
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Malarial dots of the plasmodium species

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FalciparuMAURER
ZIEMAlaria (ZIEMANN)
voSCHUFFNER (vivax and ovale)

37
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Infective stage of Plasmodium sp

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Sporozoites

Diagnostic: Trophozoites

38
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DOC for giardiasis

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metronidazole

39
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only ciliated protozoan that causes human disease

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balantidium coli

40
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largest protozoan parasite of humans

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balantidium coli

41
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most common cause of parasitic meningitis

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angiostrongylus cantonensis

42
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nematodes causing loeffler’s syndrome

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ascaris lumbricoides
necator americanus
ancylostoma duodenale
strongyloides stercoralis

43
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most debilitating nematode infection

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filariasis

44
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Filariasis is transmitted through

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infected mosquito bite (L3 larvae)

45
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clay pipestem fibrosis on liver ultrasound signifies infection with

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Schistosoma japonicum

46
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longest of the tapeworms

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diphyllobothrium latum

47
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MOT of diphyllobothrium latum

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ingestion of plerocercoid larvae in undercooked fish

48
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Loa loa (nematode) is transmitted by

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deer fly or mango fly (Chryops)

49
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Phlebotomus (female sandfly) transmits which protozoal infection

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Leishmaniasis

50
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DOC for asymptomatic cyst carrier state of Entamoeba histolytica

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Diloxanide furoate

51
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Largest intestinal nematode
Largest intestinal fluke
Largest intestinal tapeworm

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Ascaris
Fasciolopsis buski
Diphylobothrium latum

52
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MOT of clonorchis sinensis

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ingestion of undercooked fish (containing metacercaria)

53
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MOT of paragonimus westermani

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ingestion of raw crustaceans (raw crabmeat/crayfish)

54
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Harada-Mori stool culture (recovery of larvae) is recommended for

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hookworms and strongyloides

55
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transmitted when copepods are swallowed in water

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dracunculus medinensis

56
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transmitted by the female blackfly (Simulium)

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Onchocerca volvulus

PLE 2018 (12 decks)

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